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Commems Collection Classic: A "First Thought" Poll

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Poll Question
When you hear/read a mention of the classic-era series of gold and silver US commemorative coins, which is the first issue that comes to your mind?


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  1892-93 Columbian Exposition - Christopher Columbus Half Dollar
  1900 Lafayette Memorial Dollar
  1915 Pan-Pac Gold $50
  1918 Illinois Statehood Centennial / Lincoln Half Dollar
  1925 Stone Mountain Memorial Half Dollar
  1926 Oregon Trail Memorial Half Dollar
  1928 Hawaiian Sesquicentennial Half Dollar
  1936 Battle of Gettysburg Half Dollar
  1946-51 Booker T Washington Half Dollar
  Other - Please specify choice in a comment below.

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1926 sesquicentennial
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1935 Old Spanish Trail
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I voted 'other' simply because I've been involved with these coins for so long the 'newness' has long ago been replaced by familiarity with all of them.

I seem to recall my initial classic commemorative purchase was a circulated Stone Mountain half. Researching that coin led to a life long enjoyment of the coins - and as a circulated example was the precursor to a long hunt for a complete circulated type set.
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For me, it's the 1892 World's Columbian Exposition Christoper Columbus Half Dollar. There's something about being the first of the series that always makes it come to mind for me. I know its not the most artistic design of the series, but its chronological position within the series is set, memorable and noteworthy.


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My brain immediately goes to octagonal gold coins...
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1892-93 Columbian Exposition - Christopher Columbus Half Dollar
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The Oregon Trail for me. It's the one which always caught my eye in a display of commemoratives, and was one of the first commemoratives I purchased when I decided to start collecting them.
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