This has to include the Mint

Greetings again!!

Well, recently I became a "Public Service Employee" and just about as soon as I was employed by my County Government, and thrilled to have some basic benefits ( affordable health ins. and some days off I never had before) they were talking about how "next year these bennies may cost more or disappear"

The County relies on sales taxes to sustain itself, and people just are not BUYING anything except maybe GAS...ARRRGH!!

So, when I was told this, I got to thinking that EVERYONE is being hit by this horrible economy, and the Mint, the supplier of everything GOOD for us numismaniacs, must be feeling it, too.

I recently have been checking to see if the Bald Eagle Comemms have sold out (as there were only 500,000 minted) and the Comemms are still for sale...save for the 3 coin set. I would have thought they would be gone by now.

Same as some other coins I spy on, but I gues the TRUE telling will be by the Holiday season when it seemed the "no longer available" signs ran rampant with the Mint last year.

Now, maybe an upside to this is the mintages may be low this year, maybe my SAE's will be rarer than usual as maybe not as many are minted? Who knows?

But trying to see an upside in a bad economy is like trying to see through a life debilitating disease....you know death is looking us in the face, but hey...it's a good weather day...

I am hoping we can all hang in here, and that things get better after this next and very important election.

Good luck everyone!!