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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Plently of other stupid things we've thankfully missed.
-----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/Edited by BStrauss3
05/22/2017 07:10 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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An interesting idea, considering the cultural impact.  I initially thought that a commemorative of Prohibition would not make sense, but the more I think about it, the more I can see that it was both a major event in US history and a major example of civil disobedience that is worth remembering and studying. At the very least, it will generate a conversation about history (and coins), which is always important.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'll raise a glass to an Eighteenth Amendment commemorative coin or two.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
The reverse should commemorate the repeal of that amendment. ... and I don't drink alcohol. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1475 Posts |
Interesting idea... I like the token though... |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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My great grandfather was a rumrunner. That is why the old homestead is a 5 minute walk from Maine.
Prohibition had a major impact in my province, New Brunswick. Some historians look at New Brunswick's moonshining and rumruning era as our "golden years" economically.
On a side note the last time I was out to the bar was New Years'. I struck up a conversation with a young lass from Houlton, Maine. Her friends and her were celebrating New Years' in New Brunswick because they were older than 19 (NB's drinking age) yet younger than 21 (ME's drinking age).
Yup, New Brunswick is still helping Maineiacs get plastered.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I grew up in Cleveland, OH. In high school I partied many times at a house with a red-shingled roof right on Lake Erie. It was a very old house and not sure if it's true, but the story went that the roof was red to help the bootleggers spot it as they were cruising from Canada. True or not, fun story for high school kids.
No way this gets its own coin. 21st I could get behind, but there's no organization that would profit from such an endeavor.
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The reverse should commemorate the repeal of that amendment. ... and I don't drink alcohol. I agree and same here, not for 21 years, four months, and 22 days.  Actually, I think a companion commemorative for the 21st amendment should be issued in 2033. That would be nice.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@jbuck...AWESOME!
Super Congrats!
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United States
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@jbuck...AWESOME!
Super Congrats! Thank you.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote. This is going to be the major theme for 2020 commeratives. At least it should be.
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United States
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Ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote. This is going to be the major theme for 2020 commeratives. At least it should be. How could I have overlooked that?  I agree. That would be a worthy commemorative theme. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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as well, a commemorative for the 19th Amendment should definitely be created. It would also fit great with the new currency redesign in 2020, especially the $10 bill honoring the suffrage movement. |
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United States
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It will go nicely with Alice Paul Suffrage movement coin. Agreed. (Of course, for me it would be the bronze medal version.) |
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