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Bedrock of the Community
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I do believe Franklin would have persisted...
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Bedrock of the Community
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Great read! Thank you for posting. Pretty interesting take as well.  Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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The Franklin half dollar would surely have continued it's run as our half dollar but I'm glad it didn't. I like that the series is all 90% silver, is short run, and can be assembled in a set at a relatively low cost. You must say that a proof Franklin bell is outstanding in appearance.  |
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I like that the series is all 90% silver, is short run, and can be assembled in a set at a relatively low cost.  |
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To my mind, it's entirely possible that, if there was no Kennedy "commemorative" half dollar, then the "moon landing" Eisenhower coin would have been pushed down to the half, and we'd now have an Eisenhower/Apollo half dollar instead of the Ike dollar. Its my understanding that the Ike dollar was only introduced because they wanted to introduce a circulating Apollo 11 coin but didn't want to pull Kennedy off the half so soon after putting him there. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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I refuse to accept that scenario.  |
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(NOT AI)  Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here)See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) |
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(NOT AI) Must be DC. Daniel Carr.  |
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interesting thoughts  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I will just chime in that the JFK half design is LIGHT YEARS ahead of the Ben Franklin IMO.
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Pillar of the Community
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I posted in a different thread ( here) that the TV show "Timeless" had an episode where a teenage JFK was brought forward in time and was not killed in Dallas. While he was in the present (his future) there was a Kennedy half that morphed to a Nixon half dollar. Of course this was predicated on a different premise but it appears that I am not alone in thinking of these things. I doubt however that Nixon would have generated such emotion in death as Kennedy did. |
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I doubt however that Nixon would have generated such emotion in death as Kennedy did. If he generated the same excitement—I have to think as Ike's VP he would have been all-in on the space race—and had he suffered the same fate. Maybe? But point taken. I believe a FHD would have served the plot better.  |
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If he generated the same excitement—I have to think as Ike's VP he would have been all-in on the space race—and had he suffered the same fate. Maybe? But point taken. I believe a FHD would have served the plot better. I have to disagree. I think the TV show writers would recognize that more watchers would quickly identify with a change to a "Nixon Half". That would have been more recognizable to illustrate the potential change in the timeline (and subsequently in-universe) retention of our current timeline than if the coin morph was illustrated by a Franklin. The FHD was mostly forgotten by the 70's as the half dollar had left everyday use. We, as coin people however would have, at least for the most part, recognize that the FHD would have likely been retained absent some other national tragedy. The closest person I could see having the possibility to garner the same emotion as Kennedy would have been Ike. I think he was later honored by some obscure coin you might be familiar with... |
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I believe you underestimate the significance of Franklin and overestimate that of Nixon today, but I will agree to disagree since we can never know for certain.  |
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if there was no Kennedy "commemorative" half dollar What about the "Commemorative" 1932 Washington quarter that was supposed to last one year which also broke the 25 year law before a design change could occur which ruined the run of the best designed Standing Liberty quarter? History repeats itself. |
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