Another Wonderful Line fighting, heart throbbing, sweaty palm experience that I would rather be standing outside in a line to buy them then dealing with the horrible website or calling to get told to call back later....But everyone who collects coins or modern silver will purchase one of these beautiful coins with one of our greatest presidents of all time(And he Didn't have to say "Yes We can", But I wouln't turn political on the fact of the matter)

But How long Did it take you to order? Wana find out something funny? Read on. Something about the UHR and of course Abs Commem.This morning I awoke at 8:30am to a alarm only to remember the release of one of the greatest modern commems to date in a LONG time and actually worth investing in and getting bulk amount of to send off to ngc for grading! We started off our call at 8:50am(Since im pacific standard, 3 hours behind the east) and got right threw! I remeber someone posting about a month back saying "call Early, BS, order a few new things, Wait for the time and Order The new product, You don't have to spend time waiting in line(hey doesn't that just sound fantastic, Almost like being VIP and being taken right in). Since I do usually spend about a half hour trying to get threw the phones or the website(I decided I'd try this out)! We began talking about the 2009 Presidential Proof sets and how I wanted to start a new subscription(I purchased 50 of the 2007 First Year and Did the same in 2008), I also told the women from the mint from that and asked "Would you like to do the Same again this year?" I then Replied "You Convinced me" Since I was originally Gonna order only 10 maybe 20 . Then we moved onto the next subject being the new 2009 NATV AMCN $25 ROLL - P (SACAGAWEA) and 2009 NATV AMCN $25 ROLL - D (SACAGAWEA) I Ordered 10 of each roll P&D mints to put away for a very long time. (I'm gonna invest into NGC set to date and start building a new registry set for them after I complete my silver eagle NGC set) I Believe the new design is a good change for them and made them more of a modern collectors item more then a circulated coin you could get as change at the grocery store. By This time it's 9:01 on my clock (I know now exactly there 5 minutes ahead of the actual time, So I kept BSing *Sigh*) I Just came out with it and said So Can I add the Ab Lincoln to my cart also, I want to purchase * Cut off by mint person* THERE IS STILL 4 MINUTES LEFT UNTIL THEY GO ON SALE, I have cancelled your order and you will have to call back and order again and re-order everything........ Wait...What? "QUALITY CONTROL TERMINATING CALL, ABUSIVE PERSON" My son staring at me like wtf just happened....... we had a good laugh and by the time we wiped our eyes with the tears of laughter it was 9:06 so they had already went on sale, but it was ok cause that topped it off, we were just hoping when we called back we didn't get the same women ROFL. We ended up getting threw at about 9:14 and Ordered 100 Proofs and 100 Unc ( Since theres only 500,000 across all options and I believe they will sell out, if not I like them more then a lot of the other modern silver commems they have made. We got everything else stated above ordered again also and got a different gentleman this time to help us. So once again this was another mint experience that has impacted my life in a way that is just indescribable in words. We have a Expected ship date of 2-19-09, Which is nice thats only one week away, Crossing my fingers and rubbing the bald head of my jumbo Buddha hoping for more 70s then 69s but all of them will be shipped off to NGC next day aired the next day after I Receive them(SO I can look them over for any possible mint errors and prep all them for shipment to NGC in the mint capsules so the raw coin is never touched by anyone until at NGC!) for the ER Designation! Also My UHR is In Stock and reserved, The Girl at the mint stated she didn't know anything and isn't dealing with those( I knew that was a fat lie the moment I heard it....) so I laughed and just said watever, Since I believe they will ship when they ship and as long as I get mine I'll be fine! Ya the ER slab would be a beauty but they already made a masterpiece of a label for them( and like NAS Fallon Firefighter stated there is no difference between a ER coin and Brown label as long as there ordered at the same time, and When purchasing a ER coin off Markets you Just know this coin didnt sit for a long period of time before being graded( Years after being stored in safes, very common!)So Thank you for reading my journal, I thought I would Post alittle about the Ab Lincoln commems that were released and my experience with the amazing staff the mint has *Sarcasm* I will Be posting again sooner or later with the grades and status of my orders. Hope you had as much fun reading as I did experience and re-writing! Happy Coin Collecting!