2014 Civil Rights Act Silver Dollar

Lackluster sales will continue I have a feeling. To me, the design falls short artistically.


-MV

Hopefully the mint will get the message about the designs their picking this time. They doubled up back to back and basically the exact same design and it hasnt done well either time.

I dont like that they keep using a single design aspect across all types of the coins either with the exception of the baseball one. Being curved the glove was a perfect choice and not much else would have looked good.

I still think this one would have sold a lot better if they picked the liberty bell design, that one looked like it would have looked fantastic.

Not that anyone asked...

The latest sales figures for the CRD continue to paint a dismal sales picture.

For the month of May, just 2,479 Proof coins were sold along with 824 of the Uncirculated version.

If this monthly pace is continued for the remaining seven sales months of 2014, total sales of the Proof coins will be less than 70K and sales of the Uncs will be around 27K.

Both figures are lower than last year's Girl Scouts dollar.

Thanks commems for the update and reminder.

It is not the US Mint that decides which commemorative coins are to be struck - they are directed by the US Congress. It is Congress that approves bills that create commemorative coins for individual private sponsors - in this case, the United Negro College Fund.

In terms of the designs used on the coins, while the final designs are selected by the Secretary of the Treasury. He/she generally does so only after close consultation with the coin's sponsor over their design preferences. The designs you see on this coin were what the UNCF wanted.

Bottom line, it is not the US Mint's fault that the sales for this coin have lagged - they didn't sponsor it nor did they decide on its design. They struck the coin they were told to and have been diligently marketing the coin since its release. The fault for slow sales lies elsewhere.

I was in the same boat as the majority of you and didn't like it until I received them from the mint. Its one of those coins that to me looks way way better in hand then in a picture.

with commems comments. Look at the success with the 2014 Baseball HOF series.

I do like collecting UNC commemoratives over their Proof siblings and the lower the mintage the better. I was going to wait to see if I can get it cheaper on ebay, but I think I'll pick one up with my next Mint order.

Mint has the uncirculated sold out. I think only a few of the mid 90's Olympic dollars and the 1996 Community Service Dollar have a lower mintage but we'll have to see what the final number is.