Uncle Sam takes aim at Asian-Americans with new gold coin set - ContraCostaTimes.com
Aug 7
Niche marketer Uncle Sam came west on Wednesday to shill shiny coins to Asian-Americans, hoping to turn Olympic Games fervor into solid-gold fever.
Opening the federal Mint building here to a rare glimpse of coin proof-making, U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy announced a set of commemorative gold coins tagged to Aug. 8 — 8/8/08 — the Friday start of the Olympic Games in Beijing. In Cantonese, eight sounds like a word that means “prosper” or “wealth.”
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