What do you hope to see in a new U.S. Mint director?
A better handling of new product. Ease of ordering to allow for a fair market to all collectors.
Richard Schornak Integrity Coin Store, Poquoson, Va.
I hope to see a clear direction on bullion, uncirculated, proof and special minted coins so that the collecting community doesn’t have to put up with the haste and failures we withstood this year under the limited production. What is wrong with minting to demand? I just don’t understand.
Denis Watson Saint Charles, Mo.
Lower pricing with special discounts for Veterans and Seniors – the forgotten groups!
Name and address withheld
It is a civic lesson recollected that the position of Mint director, and many others within the federal government, are political appointments by the president, often to reward party service or an intense recommendation by a major party personage. The late Eva Adams was an example of the latter.
What is needed is for this president and succeeding presidents to seek, to interview and to offer for the Senate’s confirmation someone who is knowledgeable in manufacturing – remembering the Mint, as all mints, is a production and industrial concern – has
