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Bedrock of the Community
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The 2-D renderings do little for the coin (possibly on purpose) and are usually laughable. When coins are in hand, different story. Can't say I'm always a fan of the end result of the recent designs but they always look better in hand. Get the coin in hand, then complain.  |
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I like the reverse, but the obverse seems posed in an odd way, like a Sears Portrait Studio engagement photo. I tried to make the same pose but I think my right shoulder would need to be slightly dislocated to recreate it.
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Pillar of the Community
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First strike ceremony occurred in Philadelphia this past week on Nov 28th. You can read about it in Coin News. The pictures shown aren't the best, but it looks like the coin is pretty true to the design. IMHO the reverse looks better than I expected. |
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Why did they choose this design for the reverse?
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I read that there will be 100,000 of these to be allotted to go with the 5 medals. This would make each medal a mintage of 20,000. This seems like a pretty good limit if my judgement is correct. I don't like the fact that you have to buy 5 of these silver dollars to get all the medals, but I might actually do it. At a cost of $500. Hmmm. Could be a very quick sell-out though.
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I don't like the fact that you have to buy 5 of these silver dollars to get all the medals Neither do I.  Quote:
but I might actually do it. At a cost of $500. Hmmm. Could be a very quick sell-out though. Too rich for my budget. I will just have to wait and see what happens down the road. |
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I hate the medal and coin pairing too. I would have gotten a full set of the medals if I didn't have to get 5 coins to do it. Will be interesting to see the secondary market and how dealers sell them, I might grab a medal set if someone is selling just that
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I am hoping that the mint will realize the sales they are giving up by forcing the paired purchase, but I doubt. If they will not offer them individually, they could at least offer a "coin plus five medals" set.
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Bedrock of the Community
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...they could at least offer a "coin plus five medals" set. I'd be a buyer for that. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I had posted earlier Link = http://goccf.com/t/298097#2542041that I couldn't understand the posture of this soldier, and that the design looked like part of his coat was missing. Now in this image of the actual coin, I think the rifle and the hands that hold it are each a completely different image. A bust, and a pair of arms holding a rifle.  Edited by TNG
12/18/2017 11:19 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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A bust, and a pair of arms holding a rifle. That makes the most sense to me. Maybe the bust should have been a little smaller to help imply that (and also fit on the coin better).  I'm still not a fan of the design, unfortunately. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Spruett, TNG, Read my comment on page one. Why resurrect and ask the same questions? Been answered. Just seems some don't like those answers, War is heck Buckoos...
Besides which in the pixed coin I now noticed the "bolt is home" Wouldn't have made a bit of difference if finger was yanking the trigger, it had already fired. This isn't a semiautomatic weapon, 1903 Springfield .30cal M1A1 (or 2..?)
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12/19/2017 01:11 am
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I am hoping that the mint will realize the sales they are giving up by forcing the paired purchase... The other way to look at this is that they are increasing the sales of the commemorative $1, which is what the World War I American Veterans Centennial Commemorative Coin Act, P.L. 113-212, authorizes to Quote:
commemorate the centennial of America's involvement in World War I and honor the over 4 million men and women from the United States who served during World War I My guess is this is why the Mint is even producing the medals. The law doesn't require them and the Mint is doing this on their own. Selling the coin/medal pairs will provide some number of $10 surcharges to the World War I Centennial Commission that they wouldn't have otherwise received (provided, of course, that the Mint covers their cost of production, which is always an unknown). There's the potential for selling 20,000 full sets of medals, generating sales of a 100,000 extra commemorative coins which could provide the commission an extra million dollars. We'll see how this affects the aftermarket sales and price of the commemorative $1. My guess is that any dealers or medal collectors who spring for a full set of medals from the Mint will be selling their "extra" commemorative dollars at sale prices to try to recoup some of the $ the Mint is forcing them to spend to get the set of medals. |
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That makes more sense if it is two different pictures though that isn't conveyed well. If it's just one they did a terrible job where the shoulder should be. Sadly I have to agree the more I see this one the less I like the obverse especially the proof version.
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