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>Last week, we at the US Mint issued a statement blaming "website troubles" for our inability to deliver silver. We also made the unfortunate mistake of claiming there is currently a "global silver shortage". On Monday we issued a new statement claiming that there is no global silver shortage.
>As it turns out the website wasn't the problem and we're just having trouble finding enough silver, but we want to assure you that there is NOT a global silver shortage.
The US Mint concluded its statement with the following:
>ha ha *sweating intensifies*