If there is a mechanism for change then I would want to have the knowledge we are being lied to and work toward the change. I would want to know. Even if I would never see the change but there was the opportunity for my kids or theirs to have it all without resurrection then I would want to know.

If the idea is only this question and no way to change the outcome I would want to stay in the cave Mr. Plato and be none the wiser.

Commemorative coins do cost more that is correct. However this was not those. This was when the US mint was essentially attempting to phase out the dollar bill and replace it with a coin.

Keep in mind this was late 90s early 2000s.

She is not dead.

Back in the day they were “selling” dollar coins through tv. It was legal tender so banks had to accept any deposit of it. The U.S. mint offered free shipping in the continental U.S.A.

Some smart folks started buying them with their credit card that offered air travel miles as a reward. Then they took all the coins and depositing them in their bank and paid off their CC. Rinse and repeat.

Yes they were out no money and had thousands of dollars worth airline miles.