[Missouri-l] Fw: Braille coin not expected to sell

[Terrie Arnold]

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From: "D.W. Hill" 
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Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 1:27 
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Subject: Braille coin not expected 
to sell


> Hi Friends,
> I found the following article 
> posted 4/13/09 at:
> http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=articleArticleId=6552
>
> Two comments follow -- one of 
> them mine.
> Donna Hill
> Block quote
> Readers participating in the 
> April 7 online poll said Braille 
> commemorative silver dollars 
> were not likely to sell out and 
> early reports of sales now seem 
> to confirm reader opinions.
>
> As of April 5, there were 42,107 
> proofs sold and a combined total 
> of
> 28,167 of the uncirculated 
> pieces sold.
>
> This works out to almost 18 
> percent of the available mintage 
> of 400,000.
>
> At a similar point for the now 
> sold-out Lincoln commemorative 
> silver
> dollar, sales were running at 
> over 52 percent of the available 
> mintage
> of 450,000.
>
>
> Considering the venerable place 
> that Lincoln holds in the hearts 
> of
> collectors perhaps this result 
> is not surprising. However, the 
> Braille
> coin has a lower mintage ceiling 
> of 400,000 as compared to 
> 500,000 for Lincoln (including 
> 50,000 in a yet to be issued 
> special set).
>
> Results of course can change 
> over time, but the usual pattern 
> of sales
> is for the strongest surge to 
> occur at the beginning of a 
> program while
>  they can be purchased at the 
> lowest prices.
>
> Comments
> On April 13, 2009 Edac2 
> saidCould it be because this is 
> one of
> the  stupidest-looking coins the 
> mint has ever produced? Just 
> saying.
>
> On April 14, 2009 Donna Hill 
> saidPerhaps, it's because people 
> don't
> realize that we are in a 
> desperate Braille literacy 
> crisis. Only 10% of
>  America's blind kids (down from 
> 50% in the '60s) are taught to 
> read & write Braille,  still the 
> only tool offering true literacy 
> to blind people on a par with 
> print. It affects you, because 
> it results in lower employment 
> of blind adults &  the need for 
> tax-payer support of intelligent 
> and willing people.
> Seventy percent of working-age, 
> blind adults are unemployed. Of 
> the thirty percent who work, 
> ninety percent read Braille. 
> The coin supports the Braille 
> Readers areLeaders" campaign of 
> the National Federation of the 
> Blind, which seeks to double 
> the number of blind kids 
> learning Braille by 2015.
>
> Please, help us.
> www.usmint.gov
>
> Braille Readers are Leaders 
> campaign:
> http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Braille_Initiative.asp
>
> Block quote end
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