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2009 Native American Sacagawea Dollars

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BULLY

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Are these the forgotten coin, or is it just me?

I am on the lookout for these, am hunting these down, to no avail. I ordered a few rolls from the Mint- months ago -- and am STILL WAITING.

Has anyone gotten these coins? Has anyone gotten them graded?

What's your general opinion of the reverse re-design?

SIDE NOTE: Does anyone else have problems with LONG DELAYS for U.S. Mint Orders these days, even when the order is supposedly upgraded to "Expedited Shipping?"

That said, I had my retired mother in law who works part time in a bank try to get me some of these coins: NONE in her branch, or any of the several local branches of her community bank.

I checked with my Credit Union (two different ones actually), one of them even checked with various branches. The response? "We don't have the 2009 Sacagawea AND WE DON'T PLAN ON ORDERING ANY AT ALL."

When I pressed as to WHY NOT ORDER SOME, emphasizing Native American achievements and the historical significance of the coin, and how it might appear discriminatory to avoid Native peoples, not to mention all the native peoples in my home state, many of whom contribute a great deal to our local economy through casino gaming, etc., the response I got was simply:

"I asked the branch manager, and that was the answer I got." Does that epitomize customer NO SERVICE or what? Not "Let me go check and ask him since you are curious, to see if I can get an explanation, or even "Here's his number to call if you'd like to talk to him" -- nothing.

So, in my copious spare time, I will be writing to the Credit Union's Leadership Committee to inquire about it. Should I have to? No. It's a simple question that Customer Service could easily have followed up on when I followed-up on it -- but that would have been too "customer focused" -- even if it was an answer I didn't want to hear like "We have no demand for them and don't want to get stuck with a vault full."

So, I can always order the face value ones from the Mint, not in the special wrappers, get hundreds of dollars of them -- heck, try to sell some on that auction site because some people are making a bundle selling them at significant mark-ups from what I saw, and if that doesn't work out, I can always bring whatever I don't want INTO THAT VERY SAME CREDIT UNION and make a CASH DEPOSIT -- it is MONEY after all.

NOTE: Coin image courtesy of the USMINT.gov web site.

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