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Mint Fails to Think of Customers First

Several weeks ago, the U.S. Mint announced it would issue a special U.S. silver Eagle proof coin to commemorate the end of the Second World War. Because I am enrolled as a customer to receive all silver Eagle proof coins automatically, I thought there would be no problem. However, I decided to ask and was told that the particular coin would not be sent to enrollees and that the issue was limited to 75,000 coins.

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