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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 11-08-2009, 12:24 AM   #1 (permalink) tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 6,305 My Mood: A Commemroative...Outta My Vault Okay, so I really don't have a vault, more like a drawer, but you get the picture... Here is a coin that I inherited from my dad, which he got from his dad for his birthday a while ago, along with another commemorative. I posted this a little while back, but I redid the picture. __________________ From The Desk Of, -T$ (Kokapowan Tribe Leader) http://www.tmoneyeagles.webs.com/   11-08-2009, 12:26 AM   #2 (permalink) pappy-o coinoisseur     Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: SoCal Posts: 767 My Mood: Thats a beauty will have to keep my eyes open & put on my short list ; )   11-08-2009, 12:28 AM   #3 (permalink) tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 6,305 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by pappy-o Thats a beauty will have to keep my eyes open & put on my short list ; ) Yeah, it is beautiful, the design is, this particular coin...well there are better ones out there, this one has some spots, and wouldn't be a MS70 But, I don't care, it has more sentimental value than anything else... Wouldn't trade this coin for the world __________________ From The Desk Of, -T$ (Kokapowan Tribe Leader) http://www.tmoneyeagles.webs.com/   11-08-2009, 12:29 AM   #4 (permalink) Cloudsweeper99 Treasure Hunter     Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 5,232 I think it is an underrated commem. There is a lot going on in the design.   11-08-2009, 12:34 AM   #5 (permalink) tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 6,305 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by Cloudsweeper99 I think it is an underrated commem. There is a lot going on in the design. Indeed there is. I believe my grandpa fought in Korea, in addition for other things he did for this country, may he rest in peace. I've always been drawn to coins that tell a story of American's history, through a war, or peace, or even through the simplest design of an eagle, they all stand out in their own special way, and I like them all the same. In this particular coin, like you said, a lot of stuff going on, mostly in the obverse, and added with the simplicity of the reverse, it makes a beautiful coin __________________ From The Desk Of, -T$ (Kokapowan Tribe Leader) http://www.tmoneyeagles.webs.com/   11-08-2009, 07:31 AM   #6 (permalink) majorbigtime Senior Member   Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 315 Quote: Originally Posted by tmoneyeagles Okay, so I really don't have a vault, more like a drawer, but you get the picture... The folks that advertise "coins from the vault" are not high on my list anyway. Heck, they are not even on my list!   11-08-2009, 08:10 AM   #7 (permalink) TheBigH Senior Member   Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 576 After this commemorative was issued, the U.S. Mint said they would never strike another commemorative coin for an anniversary other than 50th, 100th, 150th etc. Apparently, a lot of people who were not familiar with the Korean War didn't know why this coin was issued for the 38th anniversary, and it just caused too much confusion.   11-08-2009, 08:11 AM   #8 (permalink) TheBigH Senior Member   Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 576 The line on the reverse of the coin that goes through the map is the 38th parallel, by the way. Very nice coin!   11-08-2009, 10:35 AM   #9 (permalink) Art Numismatist?     Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 896 My Mood: Very nice coin and your photography skills are moving along nicely too.   11-08-2009, 11:10 AM   #10 (permalink) ldhair Coin Collector     Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,382 Quote: Here is a coin that I inherited from my dad, which he got from his dad for his birthday a while ago, along with another commemorative. I posted this a little while back, but I redid the picture. A coin can't have any higher value. I would slab it and pass it to your son in the future. __________________ Larry   11-08-2009, 02:35 PM   #11 (permalink) tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 6,305 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by TheBigH After this commemorative was issued, the U.S. Mint said they would never strike another commemorative coin for an anniversary other than 50th, 100th, 150th etc. Apparently, a lot of people who were not familiar with the Korean War didn't know why this coin was issued for the 38th anniversary, and it just caused too much confusion. The thirty-eighth anniversary always got me a little confused as well... I guess it would be less confusing to do anniversary commemoratives by increments of 50's, and not having a bunch of 18, and 23, and 34 year anniversaries. Quote: Originally Posted by ldhair A coin can't have any higher value. I would slab it and pass it to your son in the future. Don't want to slab it Want to keep it the way I got, and how my dad got it, and how his dad got it. I want it to be that way, for as long as I own the coin __________________ From The Desk Of, -T$ (Kokapowan Tribe Leader) http://www.tmoneyeagles.webs.com/   11-08-2009, 02:58 PM   #12 (permalink) tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 6,305 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by majorbigtime The folks that advertise "coins from the vault" are not high on my list anyway. Heck, they are not even on my list! Fine, then... I will advertise it to be "OUTTA MY DRAWER!" __________________ From The Desk Of, -T$ (Kokapowan Tribe Leader) http://www.tmoneyeagles.webs.com/   11-08-2009, 04:35 PM   #13 (permalink) onecoinpony Member   Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 152 Quote: Originally Posted by tmoneyeagles Fine, then... I will advertise it to be "OUTTA MY DRAWER!" If you kept your coins in more than one drawer, would you advertise "OUTTA MY DRAWERS!" ???   11-08-2009, 04:42 PM   #14 (permalink) CamaroDMD Dental Student     Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,368 My Mood: I have always liked that design. I think it is a very cool coin. I didn't care under the year it was released...the 38th anniversary of the war. I know the line was drawn at the 38th parallel, but it just seemed like a dumb year to issue a commemorative. I have been told the revenue generated from the coin was part of the funding that went into the Korean War Veterans Memorial though. __________________ The Truth About "O" Mint Morgan Dollars   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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