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A new Model T commemorative US dollar coin may be on the horizon. Bills in both the US House of Representatives and US Senate are proposing a special minting of $ coins. If all goes as planned the US will celebrate the 100th year of the introduction of the Ford Model T car with a new coin in 2010.
A maximum mintage of 500,000 commemorative silver dollars is expected. Each coin will be made of real coin silver and sold at a surcharge by the United States mint. Some profits from the sale of these dollars will go to the "Henry Ford" institute and an automobile history partnership. Release of the coins will coincide with the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Highland Park Ford car assembly plant.
Edited by double06
01/06/2008 10:11 pm
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Not a huge Ford fan (don't hate them either), but I think this could be pretty cool. I actually hope it passes.
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Sounds interesting. I can see this being a pretty good seller for the mint, Although can't see the mint selling out on this one.
Personally I don't have any interest in this commemorative.
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I'm a Ford fan so I like this news, but for some reason it feels kinda tacky. This would be something I'd expect from the Franklin mint, not the US mint. I'll buy one anyways.
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I can't say I'm thrilled. As a Chevy guy, ford doesn't much interest me but I will get one anyways. However, I agree that it does seem a little Franklin Mint-esque. Maybe the next commem will be for John Deere in honor of the first steel plow. Now that's something I can get into. Either that or a James Stewart commem right around Christmas time... Maybe they could even issue an enameled version for the kiddies.
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Some things to ponder... What is more "American" than the automobile? Who believes that the Model T, being so affordable to so many people, started our love affair with our cars? How many people on this forum rank their love of cars above or a close second to their love of coins? If not the Model T, what car would you choose to symbolize the initial catalyst to one of America's greatest industries?
I'm not necessarily saying we should have a Model T commemorative, I am just trying to visualize why it could be popular.
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The best part is, you can get the coin in any metal you want... so long as it's silver.
["The Customer Can Have Any Color He Wants So Long As It's Black". -- Henry Ford]
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Great play on quote, slowly but surely.
A lot of sources are telling me the Model T began production in 1908. I don't know, but a coin commemorating a modern invention sounds a little gimmicky. Aside the fact that it's a commemorative, I don't like the idea.
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01/30/2008 10:27 pm
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I agee, that was a great play sbs!
I think that the year 1910 is significant because that is the year the Highland Park plant opened. I believe this is the facility that made his assembly line technique famous, if not most functional.
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Ummmm........not sure how I feel about that idea....not a big car guy..(i like trucks !) ......but this seems to reek of the Home Shopping Network !!
You know like the Elvis Coins and all of the countless things those "private mints" commemorate. The Mint would do it better, but it has an "icky" feel to the idea to me. I'll reserve judgement till I see it, but I'm 90/10 AGAINST buying a "car coin" !
With "car enthusiasts" these coins "could" always hold a good value and would possibly always be "sought after" and may, potentially, grow more valuable in time......moreso than other commemoratives. So, to have a coin worth "ever growing money" is interesting....even if I don't particularly like the idea of it.
Well......guess we'll wait two years and see !
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Eaglefoot, you know you have will have to own the commemorative dollar coin sporting a Bigfoot F-150 on the reverse! Wait, your are Chevy guy? Dodge? Oh well...  I see what you mean, they could come off looking cheap; like some of the Statehood Quarters. Although I really do not hate any of them, some people equate many of them to game tokens. |
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Yeah.......by "icky" ......i mean something like The Franklin Mint might come out with ! ....or probably has already countless times !
It's just hard to get my brain around the idea of a "car coin"....(or truck ! Ha Ha)
But......knowing me......the last year and a half or two......I haven't passed ANYTHING UP that the Mint has offered !......LoL
Just as long as they'd stick with the "Model T" and not go into 68 chevelle's and corvettes and '37 Ford Coop's, etc. etc.....I could NOT handle THAT !.......The Model T......I guess I accept that one!
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03/06/2008 11:31 am
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Oh yeah, a car series, like maybe on the reverse of Roosevelt dimes, would be a big no-no! |
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quote:
Some things to ponder... What is more "American" than the automobile? Who believes that the Model T, being so affordable to so many people, started our love affair with our cars? How many people on this forum rank their love of cars above or a close second to their love of coins? If not the Model T, what car would you choose to symbolize the initial catalyst to one of America's greatest industries?
Jbuck is right. I didn't think about that. Maybe if they were commemorating Henry Ford and the Model T as a set then it might feel less Franklin mint. |
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Yeah... thinking about it that way... I agree.....Jbuck ! And like I said....apparently I've never met a commemorative I didn't like for a couple years running now anyway ! ha ha....so I'd probably get it if it had a grasshopper on it !....  Edited by eaglefoot
03/25/2008 1:18 pm
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Tacky is putting it mildly.
Why can't the Ford family fund their institute?
Oh yeah, the Fords and their management surrogates have been busy running a venerable business to the ground while lowering the living standards of workers whose jobs used to bring them solidly into the middle class.
Also, of all the historical figures in American society who deserve to have their institute funded through coin sales, I'd put Ford at the top of the bottom third.
I'd call it ironic if it weren't so classless.
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