How Much Would You Pay For This?

66.95 from the mint
but they are minting 2 million in a couple of years and depending on the price of silver they may be cheaper

I only ask because I found it for less than $50.

Seriously, I would not pay anything. Let's do a comparison with the other coins commemorating the other major attack on American soil:








Note that these coins were made without trying to hide the fact that many American lives were lost b/c of the awful act of war by a foreign power. Pictures of destruction are seen which tend to provoke an emotional response and a sense of loss that makes us stop to think of those who gave their lives that day.

Now look at this new 911 medal. Note that there is not a reference to the innocent people who died in the 911 attacks - the "Second Pearl Harbor of the 20th Century." Note the complete lack of a picture of the horror of that day.

A young person seeing a Pearl Harbor Memorial coin/medal will always be able to have an idea that the coin is s tribute to a loss of American lives. But 20 years from now if someone who was not alive during 911 sees this politically correct "tribute" - the medal will not give them any info as to what it is about and certainly gives not reason to pause and reflect on the people no longer with us b/c of this radical Muslim terrorist act of war.

They only words a person sees is "Always Remember" and "Hope Honor." So the proper thoughts of loss and tragedy are glossed over. Someone not knowing what it is about could wonder why they made a medal to tell people to remember to hope and trust. Hope what? Trust what?

As a medal, the mints "10 years of Always Remembering Hope Trust" medal is very pretty. But IMO it is almost a slap in the face to the victims and their families to say this coin actually commemorates the people who were lost on that day.

Its value to me is simply melt value.

If you google "911 commemorative coin" you will see there were a lot of non-official tribute coins that did a lot better job of portraying what happened on 911. Most of them show the Twin Towers, some of them have the famous picture of the firefighters and the flag, etc. I wish the mint had made something like this - I would have loved to have an "official" proof silver round with a similar design to these.

I also realize this is only my own opinion. I think no less of anyone who disagrees. If you like this piece, then it is worth what you are willing to pay and all the more power to you. I hope you get a great deal on one and you enjoy it to the max.

Earle,

You know, I never looked at the medals design in that light. I completely agree with you.

I dunno, what's current melt value for silver these days?

Ugly, ugly coin...

Earle42,

I completely agree with you about all of the current PC crap.

I have never heard of the September 11 2001 attack referred to as the "Second Pearl Harbor of the 20th Century." especially since it took place in the 21st Century.

I posted a thread about this when they released the images of this abortion. As Earle said, it is a slap in the face of those who served that day and after. Being a retired firefighter, I take that piece of junk to heart. Thats all they could come up with to honor my fallen brothers and sisters? Pffftttt. The designer should be hung.