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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for this info, I too had wondered about that. Condor 101, what you reported is another example of our government believing that they have to think for us since we are too simple minded to think and reason for ourselves.
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We were lucky to get the three coins we did. The Treasury Dept fought the idea tooth and nail. At that time the official Treasury line was that you should not have more than one design for a coin in circulation at the same time because it would confuse the public and they would have doubts about the authenticity of the coins in circulation. Never mind that during a changeover from Barber to Liberty designs in 1916, we had more than one design in circulation for dimes, quarters, halves. Never mind that happened again in 1938, with two different nickel designs bearing that date. Or, that in the early 1960s we had two different cent designs in circulation. Edited by DCM Coins
09/08/2014 10:09 am
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I think this is how it should have gone... Have a theme of the founding documents of our nation...
Dollar...Declaration of independence reverse
Half Dollar... Articles of Confederation
Quarter... Treaty of Paris
Dime... Constitution
Nickel... Bill of rights
Cent... Gettysburg Address. I like it.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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unholyroller, lets use those for maybe a tricentennial or a 250 year anniversary of the USA?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think this is how it should have gone... Have a theme of the founding documents of our nation...
Dollar...Declaration of independence reverse
Half Dollar... Articles of Confederation
Quarter... Treaty of Paris
Dime... Constitution
Nickel... Bill of rights
Cent... Gettysburg Address.
Would have been a interesting theme ... But for me the Gettysburg address, does not fit into this group. I would change the cent to Common sense, (pamphlet by Thomas Paine) To me that only makes sense .....  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I never did like those bicentennial coins. So many people started to hoard them and then just dump them in banks. No value except face and to this day, not much value. I too used to wonder why not all coins made to celebrate that but not doing that made the ones they did, seam odd.
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Valued Member
United States
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Me, I've always liked them, and glad that we did them and in the way in which we did them.
I wish though we'd ditch the ATBs and the Presidents and go back to the 1916 designs.
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United States
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I would change the cent to Common sense, (pamphlet by Thomas Paine) Nice idea, but it would mess with the chronological order used to assign designs to the other denominations. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I wish though we'd ditch the ATBs... What'chu talkin bout Willis ? I love the ATB's...  Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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United States
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At least let the ATB program finish first. We have albums to fill! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I truely feel, as well as other historians that the Gettysburg address is indeed a founding document of our country. Even though it was an oration it was still written first as a document...and it fits rather snuggly with Lincoln on the cent
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Valued Member
United States
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If others love the ATBs, I'm personally good with that, but one reason I don't like them is that we're given too much to collect these days. As much as I like seeing new coins, the Mint is overdoing it. We're already oversaturated with commemoratives. It's like college football bowl games. I can't bring myself to watch a college bowl game anymore as that they're way too many of them.
I mean, are we in for a Top Ramen Bowl? A L'eggs Pantyhose Bowl?
How about a commemorative coin celebrating the invention of Top Ramen?
I'm sorry, but I think the Mint suffers from the "we don't know when to quit" syndrome.
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09/09/2014 5:02 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No they suffer from RCM envy...lol |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I liked the Bicentennials and think the quarter was the best of the lot. I think the Statehood Quarters was a good run but the ATB's were a bust. We are kind of stuck with them until they finish. I would like to see the next series of special issue coins to be faithful reproduction of older coins. This would be for all series. Run for a year or 2 of each coin type, depending on how many types are chosen to reproduce. As for the Gettysburg Address on the Cent for the fantasy National Treasures series, I think it is not a bad idea for that coin I wonder if the Emancipation Proclamation might be more appropriate. It would go well with the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights etc. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I thought about the emancipation proclamation as well, but that is a slightly more "heated" document
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