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Pillar of the Community
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I am just so turned off with US coinage. It's boring as heck. The same dead person forever on there and blah blah blah. Time to modernize to reflect current times IMO. And get rid of the penny already! Geesh! |
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I'm with you, Force. Think back to the beauty of Mercury dimes, Standing Liberty quarters and Walking Liberty halves. Why can't they do designs like that anymore? U.S. coins aside for the moment... I think your coin avatar, Force, the "young head" Elisabeth is one of the most beautiful coin portraits ever! I understand they felt the aging of the Queen over the years was important, but there is no other beautiful coin portraits to be found anywhere else, especially on silver!  |
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I'm sure I'll get corrected, but as of the moment no new multi-year programs are proposed. Instead, we'll get another 67 year run on a single design commemorative. Nothing official yet, but the plan seems to be the single rev design (Washington crossing the Delaware) til 2026, then possibly a commemorative design on all the coins for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. After that they seem to have a plan for a five coin series on animals and a five coin series on youth sports. Whether each of the five coin series would be five coins in one year or one coin a year for five years I don't know, but I think they were leaning toward the latter. That would take us through 2037. (I wouldn't be surprised though if they did something special in 2032 for the 100th anniversary of the Washington quarter. And that would be a fitting divider between the Animal and sports series.) And of course a 100th anniversary coin for the Jefferson nickel in 2038. Edited by Conder101
01/08/2020 11:21 am
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But we do have the Ammerican Innovation program if you find yourself getting bored.  Quote:
And get rid of the penny already! Geesh!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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After that they seem to have a plan for a five coin series on animals and a five coin series on youth sports... There was an article in Coin World several months ago mentioning something like this -- it seemed more like the Mint and Treasury Department being open to design changes and making suggestions, but nothing beyond that (which would require Congressional approval anyway). Has there been an update? |
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Which is why I said "nothing official". I haven't heard anything new since then either.
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Pillar of the Community
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Found the article: https://www.coinworld.com/news/prec...sary-in-2026You also said "plan" (twice) which sounded more advanced than what I remembered from the article. The article has the details you mentioned (which is more than I remembered) but we're still  . |
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Pillar of the Community
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From the article it sounds like all denominations will be affected.
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From the article it sounds like all denominations will be affected. Cents, nickels, and dimes will not get the snub like they did in '76.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Really wouldn't bother me. It will be interesting to see how long the Roosevelt dime goes w/o a re-design! |
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United States
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Quote:Think back to the beauty of Mercury dimes, Standing Liberty quarters and Walking Liberty halves. Why can't they do designs like that anymore? I'm with you merclover, the mint should get rid of the dead people and get some truly artistic designs on our coinage. Personally I like the different quarter reverses, granted some of the artwork is bland and boring. However, there are some that are inspirational. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Why can't we go with Alphabet Quarters like the Brits 10p...A is for Apple Pie...B is for Bowling...C is for Catfish...
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Why can't we go with Alphabet Quarters like the Brits 10p...A is for Apple Pie...B is for Bowling...C is for Catfish... Hate me, but I like that idea.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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