Looking Ahead To 2027: Important Centennial

I assume you're taking about a commemorative dollars and halves?

If so, I'm pretty much done with those.

I have been collecting coins for about 50 years but it was more of an on/off process

Pocket change and Whitman albums when I was a kid, Statehood Quarters as a young adult which evolved into what I collect now.

I was active duty and didn't make much money so I would just sporadically add to my collection in between deployments.


I didn't really get serious about collecting until I realized I was more of a type collector instead of a completest

Back in 2022 I registered for this forum and discovered Silver Proof Quarter Sets and Commemorative dollars


It was easy to back fill my Statehood and ATB Beautiful Quarter sets

The commemorative dollars were relatively easy to find as well and were not that expensive.

At first I liked them and I and wanted to buy just about every one that was released

But then I lost interest about the time I discovered ASEs

Between the subject matter and unreasonable cost, I just stopped buying them, new or older.


Other than Marine Corps related designs I can't think of a single subject, this one included, that would make me shell out $164 for a coin that weighs .858 troy ounces



Currently I have 64 of the proofs and if silver hits $150 or higher I'll just sell them for the melt value

"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem"

Very interesting idea.

I know the two events didn't happen on nice even anniversary dates, but isn't it amazing that only four decades passed between Lindberg conquering the Atlantic and the first manned landing on the Moon?
I mean, I've been playing with computers longer than that. And collecting coins longer than that. Weird. Such a short span of time.

I could be interested in a Lindberg commemorative if it was a good design and didn't cost 300% the melt value of the coin.

Not sure if Babe did anything to promote US History but there was a Jackie Robinson coin minted:

Sport: Baseball
Coin: 1997 Jackie Robinson Silver Dollar
What makes it special: This coin celebrated the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking Major League Baseball's "color line" on April 15, 1947 when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Enduring indignities from opposing players and fans, he went on to win the Rookie of the Year award. Today, April 15 is commemorated in Major League Baseball as Jackie Robinson Day, and all players wear his No. 42 in his honor.

EDIT: Of course I forgot the pictures......

Pacifist is a good description, I think more commonly known as isolationist, there was a fairly large contingent of Americans not wanting to get involved in another European war. Remember WW2 started only 20 years after WW1 ended, it was still a fresh memory. That didn't make him unamerican or unpatriotic. His view and many others was we should stay out of it.

He was in the Pacific I believe as an employee of Lockheed training pilots on means of extending the range of the P-38.
The US Army I believe was directed to not restore his Colonel's rank directly by FDR because of his actions and attitude before the war, I believe that's accurate but should be checked for accuracy.