US Mint - Back To School Sale - Really?

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Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10038 Posts	Posted 08/25/2015 3:48 pm Methinks they be desperate for marketing ideas. http://www.usmint.gov/campaigns/?ac...Repeat+Buyer Don't get me wrong - I think introducing the hobby to kids is a GREAT idea. But the "Back to School Sale" concept sort of hits me like a local grocery store (Agway, gas station, etc.) advertising for the same. Hey parents - Shop here for your Back to School lunch bananas! A free gallon of Acme "Back to School" windshield washer fluid with fillup! You'll need a clean windshield to drive your children safely to the front door when classes start again! I guess my perspective as a teacher makes me too narrow of a thinker on B2S sales. I tend to associate the term with pencils, paper, clothes, shoes, etc. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff

moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 08/25/2015 3:54 pm Three different finishes - proof, uncirculated, and circulating in the Coin Discovery Set. Does this mean there are two tiny gremlins inside passing one of the coins back and forth? Report this Post to the Staff
xd99xd Valued Member Canada 174 Posts	Posted 08/25/2015 4:09 pm I could use coins to distract from going back to school. At least there isn't pumpkin spice coins in the fall, that would be weirder. Edited by xd99xd 08/25/2015 4:10 pm Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 08/25/2015 4:44 pm Yeah, I think the kindest word I could use for this is "oxymoronic." Less-generous interpretation might lead one to subtract the oxygen from that term. Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10038 Posts	Posted 08/25/2015 4:51 pm @SuperDdave Quote: Does this mean there are two tiny gremlins inside passing one of the coins back and forth Yes...but only educated ones allowed. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Edited by Earle42 08/25/2015 4:54 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188440 Posts	Posted 08/25/2015 5:34 pm I got the e-mail from the mint and chuckled. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 08/25/2015 7:48 pm Does that make anybody else feel like this. Or is it just me... Report this Post to the Staff
ChildOfTheWheat Pillar of the Community United States 5828 Posts	Posted 08/25/2015 8:02 pm Yeah, I saw the email from the mint during lunch period today and chuckled. Report this Post to the Staff
shadz Pillar of the Community 1325 Posts	Posted 08/25/2015 11:06 pm What if in the interest of actually having knowledgeable cashiers in the future, they are making this sale FOR teacher to be able to have examples of coins to show kids, rather than getting them FOR kids? I have rarely seen anything in a b2s sale that couldn't be used by both teacher and students. Though the college professor with the My Little Pony bookbag better be a woman professor or expect strange looks. Report this Post to the Staff
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