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Rest in Peace
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Six modern sets in a row, six more to come.
I love many of them and very much thank you all for keeping us going.
However, I'm starting to think I'd need a dedicated vault just for all those modern commemorative.
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Bedrock of the Community
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And a dedicated vault full of money to buy them all.
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Pillar of the Community
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I ran into a storage issue with my collection, let alone a viewing problem with all the original packaging. It was partially resolved with a caps album that holds my modern proof dollars from 1983 to 2011. I may get a follow up album for the rest as well as my american eagle collection.
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Rest in Peace
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Pretty bland. Any other comment would venture into political land where we must not go.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The 1989 Congress Bicentennial commemorative coins hold a unique place in US Numismatic History. In a special First Strike ceremony, the Half Eagle and Silver Dollar coins were minted at the Capitol. PL 101-36, signed on June 9, 1989, just 5 days before the first strike ceremony it authorized, indicated Quote: SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF A FIRST STRIKE CEREMONY AT THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL FOR THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE CONGRESS COMMEMORATIVE COIN.
(a) On June 14, 1989, or any other date that the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives jointly designate, a first strike ceremony may be conducted at the United States Capitol and on the Capitol Grounds to strike coins authorized by the Bicentennial of the United States Congress I Commemorative Coin Act (Public Law 100-673).
(b) All activities of and preparations for the ceremony authorized by subsection (a), including the striking and distribution of coins, shall be jointly coordinated with the Commissions on the Bicentennials of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Treasury.
(c) Notwithstanding the Bicentennial of the United States Congress Commemorative Coin Act or any other provision of law, the United States Mint may strike coins authorized by the Bicentennial of the United States Congress Commemorative Coin Act in Washington, District of Columbia, during first strike ceremonies conducted as authorized by subsection (a). Such coins shall bear the mint mark of the mint facility which is designated to strike the coins. Q. David Bowers indicates in his Commemorative Coins of the United States, that the ceremony was described in Numismatic News at the time as Quote: Packed into two reserved sections of seating in a huge tent-measuring 142 by 81 feet-were other members of Congress, of whom no less than 194 had accepted invitations to attend. The backdrop was a riot of color, a bank of 50 U.S. flags behind huge representations of the commemorative coins, measuring 10 feet or more in diameter. Bright red carpeting covered the two-level podium, contrasting with four seven-ton coin presses, freshly painted in a soft blue, arranged two at either end. A Marine Corps orchestra played patriotic music as the crowd assembled. The invited guests had an opportunity to see a rare concentration of the power structure of both houses of Congress, as they filed in only four minutes after the appointed starting time of 10:30 a.m. Among them, newly elected House Speaker Thomas Foley drew particular attention. He had excused himself briefly from a critical caucus where the other new members of the House Democratic leadership were being chosen. Here are my versions of the proof Half Eagle, Silver Dollar and Half Dollar...    BTW, this commemorative has another unique (as far as I know) distinction in that a few (exact number unknown, but probably less than 100) of the Denver mint state coins were incorrectly coined in medal orientation, rather coin orientation. These mis-rotated coins command a significant market premium, so check your 1989-D coins 
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Quote: Pretty bland.  Maybe, but I've always liked the designs on these coins. IMHO, the Statue of Freedom is a pretty fair representation of Lady Liberty. Not the best, but not the worst either. Using the Mace of the House of Representatives on the reverse of the silver dollar is a bit plain and perhaps something better could have been used. But still, it reminds me a bit of the roman fasces used on the reverse of the Mercury dime.
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I like how that one has worn out. 
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The US Constitution Bicentennial Half Eagle coin is the highest mintage coin of all the modern half eagles. With 651,659 PRF and 241,225 BU coins minted, the Constitution Bicentennial Half Eagle mintage is about 25% of the total mintage of ALL commemorative half eagle coins minted to date. More than 6 1/2 metric tons of gold was used to mint these coins. The silver dollars were just as popular. With mintages of 2,747,116 PRF and 451,629 BU, the Constitution Bicentennial Silver Dollar has the second highest mintage (behind the 1986 Statue of Liberty commemorative) of the modern commemorative dollar coins. Here are my examples of the proof half eagle and silver dollar...  
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 thanks
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