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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Uhhhhh Hummm Dont get me started !!!  Rick PS Ya OldDan !!! Way to go !!! Edited by Metalman
03/31/2006 2:14 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I as well will not be hoarding them, but I will do what I am doing with the State Quarters and that is make one set for each member of my family 3 kids, wife and me. like Gary said you never know the success of this set. I think the design with the lettering on the side of the coin could help it with people who will thinks it look neat and may start collecting. I is really going to depend on what designs they deside on for the faces on whether it will be good or not. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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As much as I like the idea of using dollar coins, I just don't think this will be practical. See how our past dollar coins from the 70's to present have done? They're not very popular or widely used. Even in the market place in cash registers, nobody has dollars of halves in them. They just don't circulate. The only way is to pull the paper note.
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Forum Mom
 United States
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Personally, I'm tired of Presidents on coins. I'd love to see a return to the classic designs. This series does not interest me in the slightest and I still cannot figure out why first ladies (who are not even elected; they're just baggage that come with our elected President) would be on gold coins. I'd be more interested in gold coins with the President's pets on them.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have to agree with gary Burke, BUT I am not a big fan of the mint because I believe they are greedy and only cater to the big volume dealers. NOW, I know that it a great economic stimulant and also a great Recruiter for getting people interested in the world of coin collecting
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Valued Member
United States
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I think what upsets me the most is that the prez is in silver and his old lady is in gold  , Isn't there something wrong with that? No offense to our ladies here, but the wifes were not ELECTED!! har har har--BUT yet their coins are in gold? Don't make much cents to me---[:p] |
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I wouldn't touch this post with a ten foot pole! Everyone already knows where I stand on this issue.
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Valued Member
United States
346 Posts |
Well heres my 2 cents
I personally dislike the lame presidents on our coins. They are rather boring and should stick to pictures on walls not coins.
But on the other hand. It is nonetheless a new design. Its another step that the mint is taking to changing our coins even if its not a huge leap or anything like that.
So no matter how you feel about them you do have to admit it is a small step from the same thing for 70 years
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Pillar Of The Community
Turkey
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I myself don't like the same person on all the coins. But I like US coinage. Many presidents to decorate the coins. Any pics of these famous presidential coin designs? or are they just on plans for the moment? |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I pretty much agree with Susan, but then all the First Ladies weren't "baggage," with Elenor Roosevelt being a prime example.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I think the idea is good. It's educational and will have a popular appeal and will be over in 7 or 8 years.
I'll be wanting to collect the "Copper/Nickel" circulating Presidents. Will they also make these in Silver? But the gold First Ladies will be just too expensive a series for me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The mint in my opinion needs to stop being a business and get back to focusing on business strikes.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Speaking of the mint being a business, as most of us know the new Presidential dollars will not be a commercial success. The only way metal dollars will circulate is to get rid of the paper $1 bill. Evidentally, for political reasons, that isn't going to happen soon. The Presidential dollars will be a cash cow for the mint. Unfortunately, all those billions in profits will go into the general fund, and most of us can guess how it will be wasted from that point on. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I will not hoard, nor collect these new presidential coins. Since the paper dollar will still be used, these coins have already been deemed a failure...and they haven't hit the streets yet.
Some of these presidents that will grace our circulated dollar coins deserve as much attention as a "city-dog-catcher". As for the spouses that will appear on bullion coins, excuse me...spouses were not elected, they just came along for the ride. Though some spouses contributed more than others, I just think the legislators/mint were "smoking something" when they decided to put spouses on gold coins.
See what happens when some people (CCAC) think depictions of LIBERTY are too political? Idiots...plain and simple.
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04/02/2006 08:25 am
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Valued Member
United States
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I inadvertantly posted my feelings reguarding the new dollar series on another thread and I wont repeat it here except to say that although the coins success will not be determined by circulation stats but by collectors paying premiums for them from the mint......the coin series does intrigue me for the fact that they will have something that has been mostly forgotten in the twentieth century for US coin design and that is the third side or edge lettering........I have found it to be irresistible to me at least and I usually have to find examples of world coinage as most examples of the edge lettering on US coinage is costly.... |
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