[Perform-talk] Braille coin not expected to sell

[Donna Hill]

Hi Friends,
I found the following article posted 4/13/09 at:
http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=6552
Two comments follow -- one of them mine.
Donna Hill
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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 will 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 are Leaders"
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
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