But in the case of the gold Sackies they didn't sell them like they should have.  Only the government porkers got them.  I am sure Clinton must be playing pocket hockey with a golden Sackie puck.

I believe it is wrong for US mint to make these elite coins and not sell them to collectors. 

The lion-and-sun symbol is a Turko-persian symbol, astrological in origin, and swordless lion-and-suns can be found on coins dating back to the Crusader period. The sword was added to the Persian national symbol sometime in the early 1800s. Originally it was the Zu’l-faqar, the Sword of Ali (founder of the Shiite sect); the lion holding it symbolising the power of the Shiite religion and the Sun represented the King. As the monarchy became secularized and europeanized, the sword was kept but the official meaning of the sword changed, emphasising the power of Persia's military forces.