On the subject, if you look at the U'S. Mint's website all of the silver commemoratives are unavailable (not necessarily sold out, simply that they have none to sell) and the
ASE have become the same a few times. Most people quickly associate this to a silver shortage, which was brought up upon learning that no Peace or
Morgan dollars would be issued this year. In reality the issue stems from the supplier, in this case Sunshine Mint of Coeur D'Alene, ID. Every
ASE blank is produced here and shipped to the mint, and according to their press release demand far exceeds their capacity of production. Add in that they also produce silver (and gold) blanks for various other world mints as well as their own bullion product line. Until they address an employee shortage issue this will continue. Why the U.S. Mint doesn't return to in house production in times such as this makes little sense where the profit margin based on spot applies.
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