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Pillar of the Community
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From a preview of Coinage Magazine. "In God We Trust" will go from the edge to the face of the Presidential dollars next year. |
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United States
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I knew it would be moved.
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Pillar of the Community
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Now only if they would do this for the date...
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Valued Member
United States
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I knew this. The HSN guys made it an excuse to drive up the prices of their coins. I think they also mentioned something else moving to the obverse or reverse.
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Valued Member
United States
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I think there is some discussion on moving the date to the face of the coin. I would like to see that so when you put them in albums, you could see the year.
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Having the date on the edge is slightly annoying! The only thing that saves it from being completely annoying is the fact that each President is made in a specific year, so one can easily know what the date is without looking at the edge.
However, what is completely annoying is the mint mark! I have yet to buy an album because I have not decided if I want to do date only or date/mint for the reason that I would not be able easily review that I have what I think I have!
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Does anybody know how far the coins will go? The mint site says Gerald Ford, but the guy from HSN (Franklin Mint) mentioned Regan last night. I didn't think they were going that far with them. And we yalls banks give you rolls mine only gives 4 a pop.
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Pillar of the Community
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I personally wouldnt listen to one thing anyone on HSN says.
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Pillar of the Community
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i like the edge marking My st gauden has lettering on the edge
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Pillar of the Community
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Does anybody know how far the coins will go? The mint site says Gerald Ford, but the guy from HSN (Franklin Mint) mentioned Regan last night. I didn't think they were going that far with them. And we yalls banks give you rolls mine only gives 4 a pop
I thought that every dead president will be on a coin. |
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Valued Member
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The program covers presidents who have been dead for at least two years. It will run continuously through Ford. If Jimmy Carter survives past 2014, he will be skipped and Reagan will be honored.
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Valued Member
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I would also like to see the date and MM on the front, the edge inscibed lettering looks crappy
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Bedrock of the Community
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This is from a preview? That was decided almost three months ago.
And as to whether Regean will be on a coin, that as Broxman noted will depend on whether of not Carter lives past 2014. If he doesn't then there wil be a Carter and Reagan dollar. If he DOES then there is so interptitation to be made with the law. The law says the presidents are to be honored in the order in which they served. It also says that the program ends when the last eligible president has been honored. If Carter is still alive then the last eligible with out a brek is Ford. Reagan is elegible, but to skip Carter would violate the section of honoring the presidents in the order served. So currently according to the mint the program ends at Ford. Carter has to die in time to get Reagan. (Since Carter and Bush I are almost exactly the same age it is quite likely that if one goes both will go and the program will end with Bush I. Clinton is a young enough man that he is not likely to die in time to be eligible for his coin, so no Clinton, Bush II,or later president dollars)
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but to skip Carter would violate the section of honoring the presidents in the order served. I feel this is incorrect... http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/31/5112.html(n)(2)(E) Limitation in series to deceased presidents.- No coin issued under this subsection may bear the image of a living former or current President, or of any deceased former President during the 2-year period following the date of the death of that President.
(n)(8) Termination of program.- The issuance of coins under this subsection shall terminate when each President has been so honored, subject to paragraph (2)(E), and may not be resumed except by an Act of Congress.The law says to honour each of the Presidents, except the ones that fail to meet the requirements of Paragraph (2)(E). It says nothing of stopping at the last eligible President. |
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Yea, I'm pretty sure the plan is to honor Reagan whether or not Carter is dead. Can you imagine the conservative outcry if Reagan isn't put on a coin? I'm surprised it hasn't been settled already. You have two dems on coins (FDR and Kennedy) and only one GOP, Lincoln.
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Bedrock of the Community
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As I said the law is open to interpretation
(3) ISSUANCE OF COINS COMMEMORATING PRESIDENTS.—
(A) ORDER OF ISSUANCE.—The coins issued under this
subsection commemorating Presidents of the United States
shall be issued in the order of the period of service of
each President, beginning with President George Washington.
If you skip Carter you are issuing them out of order. This is apparently the way the mint has interpeted it as well because on their webste where the list the presidents and the year in which their coin comes out, they stop at Ford. Before Ford died it stopped at Nixon. Currently the mint dos not plan on skipping over a president. (Of course if we get close to 2014 and Carter is still alive we may see republican politicians start applying pressure to change that.)
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Posted 03/22/2008 09:56 am
