Yeah, the Mint cares only about orders from the big time dealers and companies so long as they keep rolling in do they care about itty bitty buyers like me? The Mint is just putting on an act about caring for collectors, maybe to pull the wool over any politicians or bosses (Treasury) overseeing them.

The mint is in a monopoly position, therefore, they have almost no incentive to respond to complaints of individual collectors as long as orders keep coming in.

I agree, the Mint really doesn’t care about small fry collectors like myself, but they do care a lot about their big customers, the big coin dealers and bulk order companies because I read somewhere that this Mint Director designate had a special private meeting with them at the last ANA show. But NO press release on it as far as I can see from the Mint’s website. And did the Mint Director designate take time to walk the ANA floor, however brief, to chat with collectors ..? I haven’t seen any news on that front either.

Jeffery ATL: If the mint is honest, they should attach the lowest serial no. bills to the earliest minted (sharpest strike, highest grade) coins.
I should think these sets should go to the earliest orders and be a little more valuable. A bill with serial no. ending in 911A should also be desirable.
Also, bills with interesting serial no’s. such as 91112345A, 91123456A, 91111111A, 91190000A, 91188888A, 91177777A, etc., etc. are usually desired by currency collectors.

I like how the mint has gotten groups involved to approve their various designs. They need to go a step further and get a group of collectors to advise on products, mintages and distribution/sales methods.