[stylist] Braille coin not expected to sell

[LoriStay at aol.com]

We need to advertise this to the blind community, then.   We ordered two of 
the coins, and only one Lincoln coin.   Have you ordered yours?
Lori
In a message dated 4/14/09 5:40:41 PM, penatwork at epix.net writes:


> 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
> 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 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
> Block quote end
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