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Pillar of the Community
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Sparked by SF Dukie, I thought it would be nice to see what everyone thinks for a commemorative coin? Try to limit your ideas to your top 3.
Mine would be:
Founding Fathers Commem.
National Parks
Great Lakes
In my opinion these 3 ideas are what commems should be. Representing a few things that make America great.
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United States
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Mine would be a Star Spangled Banner Commemorative, Iwo Jima (it has been 60 years) with the flag raising on the obverse stating, "Uncommon Valor Was A Common Virtue", and First Man on the Moon, July 20th, 1969  Edited by zakgold
04/15/2005 07:08 am
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Off the top of my head, without much thought, I would like to see a series "Legends of the West", National Parks or landmarks, and could live with something about the Space Program. I will have to give this more thought and post a again later!
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ND
Of those offered thus far- I like NP and I'd amend First man on the moon to a commem honoring the Apollo astronauts who died in the pad fire 1/67 (Gus Grissom- first american spacewalk, Ed White, and Rodger Chafee) Could do it for the 40th anniversary, and/or make it a tribute to the shuttle astronauts who died as well.-20th challanger anniversary approaching.
Don't know how much I'll like the coin, but I love the idea of a John Marshall commem. (coming out this year). Marshall stood up for an independent judiciary against another one of my faves Jefferson ( who is quoted in my sig line)- without which we wouldn't have an independent judiciary.
Many of the better known "founding fathers" have been honored individually and I consider the bicentenial "their" party, as well as constitution commem, but it's hard to disagree with that one. When those guys signed their names to a document challenging the English crown,
"And for the support of
this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine
Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our
Fortunes and our sacred Honor."
They actually had quite a bit to lose. In addition to their necks, most of them were wealthy men.
Don
Edited by SFDukie
04/15/2005 3:12 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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And most of them did lose a lot. Some died very poor men for believing in their cause. Certainly worthy of a commem to honor them and the nation that they created.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Since coin collectors are probably the main source for buying commens why don't we commemorate one our own? Augustus B. Sage. And the premium can go to the ANS who I believe would actually use the money for it's stated purpose.
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Now I'll get all emotional and political How about coins to honor the everyday heros The ones who taught us to read and write and are so underpaid School teachers. The next two could be for those men and women who put their life on the line every day Firefighters & Law enforcement officers. I'll cheat # 4 the Military. If you can read the above, thank a teacher. If you can choose to read it or not thank the military and law enforcemnet personnel. If you are in a "home" thank the firefighters for your safety.  rggoodie
aka Richard
"catch em doing something right"
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rggoodie, Tried to keep from responing to your post but feel I must. Teaching is a self CHOSEN profession and, quite contrary to what they or the media will tell you, is a rather well paying job (most places) and for 9 months of work? Now don't get me wrong as I sure don't have what it takes to do the job, at least not today, with our current legal system! If we should honor teachers what would be next? Factory workers? Waitresses? Meter Readers? Construction workers? The list could go on and on and quite frankly most jobs perform an important task in our society and most, like it or not, are necessary. Think this would set a very bad precedent for the Mint to have to follow up on!
There was a Law Enforcement commemorative just a few years ago (1997) and boy do I wish I had bought a few of them! Apparently they didn't sell well as their value as soared today? That is what happens when the American collector DOESN'T buy into any specific issues. Small numbers make big jumps later!
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Rest in Peace
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I,m having a hard time because just about everything I can think of has been commemorated on a coin or medal of some sort. Are we talking about a U.S.Mint produced coin? I'll keep thinking.....Mike
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Rest in Peace
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OK... I don't collect many commemorative coins but here are my choices. The Battle of the Alamo The connecting of the first Transcontinental Railroad The First Flight of the F-86 Sabre Jet. catman |
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Mike,
It does not have to be American. That is just what I am familiar with. I do know that other countries make commems, so please offer any idea you can come up with.
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quote:
Originally posted by crystalk64
Teaching is a self CHOSEN profession and, quite contrary to what they or the media will tell you, is a rather well paying job (most places) and for 9 months of work?
Terry, you are correct in teaching is a "chosen" profession, and so is everything else in our country. However, given what they put up with everyday of the week, I honestly believe that they should be among the highest paid private employees. They have chosen to teach our children and what could possibly be more important than that? The cops and military are also grossly underpaid for their efforts. We are one of a few countries that have not realized that we SHOULD take care of the people that take care of us. There are certainly other professions that are tough and some dangerous and NO they all do not need a commem coin or to even be honored above any other, but for those who reach out and change tomorrow, these are who I personally believe should receive such honor. |
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I can agree with you ND in many ways. Most of our police (not all) make less than teachers in this area and I don't know if I could handle either job. I have a daughter who taught in an affluent Los Angeles school and the children were just OPPOSITE of what one would normally teach. Spoiled rich kids, in her opinion, were not worth the money. She thought it would be easier with the rich kids and they drove her out of the profession! She came back to Indy and now operates a Starbucks!
Guess the point I was trying to make is Congress probably won't step into a new realm of commemoratives anytime soon as they would be opening a nest of bees that would overwhelm them very quickly.
Have we ever commemorated the train, plane or automobile? Just another thought and yes I know we just did the Wright brothers!
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Great Idea crystalk64..! How about support for the first flight of the F-86 Sabre Jet..?
catman
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I would love to have an half ounce gold sacagawea And some of my childhood heroes like John Wayne on horseback of course The French have been doing Historical places , Fairy tales, Writers etc Edited by ageka
04/16/2005 1:33 pm
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Guess I am still dreaming of those western legends my self! But I could accept just about anything other than more Presidents and repeats of old ideas that have been commemorated for the last 200 years. A coin is a little billboard that represents us and our values all over the world. Just what message would we really like to send abroad?
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