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If anyone collects coins from the U.S. mint...........

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therick

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Here is their latest mailer.

Try this one instead. See if it works.

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001
 
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Hi Jim, I used to purchase the US Mint coins and they are not circulated but Proof and Uncirculated coins specially packaged and cost more than the circulated coins! I am getting too old for saving and they are too expensive to buy now! The Silver Proofs go through many striking processes which make them shine brightly and they are not handled to where they have finger prints! Hope this helps, even though I am not Rick and don't usally post on this forum! May God Bless you, Jan and family! Amen!

:angel: Ma Betty
 
The banks in my area won't carry all (or sometimes any) of the new issues. I'm having a devil of a time just trying to stay up with the presidential series because the banks have a minimum to order and not everyone wants them. The last time I asked I think the young lady told me that they had to order a minimum of 2,500 dollars worth of gold dollar coins to get them and then they would only "sell" about 2 or 300 dollars worth so they end up having to pack them up and resend them back to the federal reserve. Basically it wasn't worth their time. THEN, being here in the far East.....if you wanted to get the Denver minted coins, there was no way you're gonna find them here in Florida so you either had to trade with someone or order them from the mint. Same thing with the Lewis and Clark Nickels, the Lincoln Penny series, the state quarter coins series etc. I found more Florida State Quarters when I was on vacation in Colorado than I ever have here in Florida. Go figure? Maybe in some of the larger metropolitan areas, like Tampa, they may be more readily available but then you either have to hop from major bank to major bank and hope you get lucky or spend half a day making phone calls to banks talking to people that don't really care if they have the coins you are looking for or not. I asked a teller at my local bank for the latest issue of the gold presidential coins only to be told "no, we don't have them." Luckily another teller heard our conversation and told her that they DID have them, they were in the vault and told her exactly where they were. she went into the vault and came out about 5 minutes later with what I was looking for. Had the other lady not over heard out conversation, I would have missed out.

therick
 
Hi Vernon, the silver and gold sets should have been worth a lot more than your friend paid for them because of the increased value of these metals! Maybe he was expecting far more than what they are actually worth right now! I have some but not enough to pay off the mortgage on my home! May God Bless you and yours! Amen! :angel: Ma Betty
 
Internet freinds in other states would be a good source to git the ones ya can't find at home :thumbup:
And probly a lot cheaper mailin 'em that way than buyin 'em from the mint.:shrug:
 
I was askin about the regular quarters i saw advertised in Ricks' link.
Those aren't proof coins.
 
I know they aren't Proof Coins but they are supposed to be uncirculated and I guess buying them at the bank would be cheaper, if you can get them before they are handled a lot! I tried getting the rolls of State Quarters and individual Presidential gold/color coins but my bank usually didn't have them! Did buy one roll of 25 of the golden Pres coins for my granddaughter's 16 birthday gift! My friend, Liz, did get a few rolls and I was buying some of her extra State quarters when first minted but then her daughter was having trouble just getting them for herself and Liz! I think a lot of the banks are wise to the silver coins and go through them theirselves! I did this when I was working as a bookkeeper at the hospital and would sort through the coins before closing the safe but always replaced with same coinage in the 60's until I had my last daughter in 1968! It was always fun searching and seeing what I could find! That is how I finally got started Metal Detecting in 1981 just to try and add to my coin collection! Had a difficult time keeping up though as I liked to be finding them too much and wish I could still do it! :thumbup: :sad: Sorry, I didn't mean to say you didn't know about coins! But I tried to buy the silver sets rather than just the uncirculated ones, as I knew they would increase in value more than the uncirculated ones! May God Bless you to keep on :detecting: and finding the goodies! Amen! :angel: Ma Betty
 
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