5 Star General Coins are almost selling, well 3/21 is the date, are you buying?

I’m not excited (at all) about the designs, but I’ll buy one to keep my collection complete.

 

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I'm not sure how the above wouldn't be political commentary, and I feel McArthur should be defended here. McArthur received indescribable respect for his rebuilding of Japan. The movie "Emperor" does a good job of highlighting this. Also, the dismissal of McArthur left such a strong impression on the American public that Truman opted against running for reelection in 1952.

If not for the dismissal, and the resulting fiasco of inquiries, McArthur may have been the President in 1952/1956, rather than Eisenhower. Remember that this was during the peak of the "red scare," and McArthur was (and in many circles, still is) loved by the US public. Given his place in history, McArthur does deserve his own coin. It's a noble gesture by a nation which destroyed its pride by the sacking of one of its true heroes.

 

I think I'll go for one uncirculated half dollar because Hap Arnold WAS THE MAN ... such an innovative man who basically made things work when they shouldn't have (with dysfuntional bureaucracy between the wars) ... the man flew a Wright model I think ... went on to promote a lot of new R+D with the help of university research programs (using government funding) ... a very powerful force in the creation of our air dominance in WWII ... IMHO

edit: my use of the word "bureaucracy" should be qualified with "relative" because the problems back then with the air corps factions came down to which man you supported, or who's school of thought you backed. I think Billy Mitchell was Hap's fav guy. Not sure of the others. Basically it was an interwar period of posturing and favoritism that could have threatened our ability to dominate the air the way we did (along with some help from the merlin)

 

I'm in.

 

Somebody wanted to make Gen. Petraeus a five-star general.

He did have something in common with Gen. Eisenhower.

 

It's been in the Mint's pricing grid for weeks. Assuming that the average price of gold for this week (Thursday through Wednesday) stays below $1600, the proof will be $485.50 and the BU will be $480.50 (introductory prices). If the average price of gold ticks up into the $1600-$1649 range, add $12.15 to each of those.

They don't post prices directly on the individual gold products until sales start, because it would confuse people too much when the prices changed every week on unreleased products....

 

Less than two days left until they go on sale and I have to look up the spot price of gold and compare it to their pricing grid to determine how much it's going to cost? Great business model!

 

I am in for the half clad and both silver issues. Ike's summer house is in my hometown of Newport, RI.

 

Billy Mitchell.......now there was one heck of a man, and one unafraid to speak his mind when it came to the future of modern warfare. The dreadnoughts days were numbered and he knew it. How nobody else could see his vision at the time is beyond me. The Japanese understood the concept that Mitchell envisioned. Two words....Pearl Harbor.

 

Nailed it as usual. Well said.

 

I'll have to pass, too many eagles, not enough cash. I like the idea of divisional and unit coins. Here's a like to a gallery of challenge coins.

http://www.militarycoinsusa.com/military_coin_gallery.html

 

Sorry MacArthur. I won't be buying the $5 gold coin for $485. 1 Each of the silver and clad in both proof and uncirculated. I usually don't buy the clads but have to get the coin with "Hap" on it.

 

I wonder why Patton and the last 5 Star General O Mar Bradly are not realty noted on a coin too?? :devil:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)

 

Patton never made 5 Stars but would love to have him on a coin. Bradley is on the clad coin but I agree both Arnold and Bradley seem to be after thoughts on these coins.
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/commemoratives/?action=20135StarGenerals

 

:thumb:Yup I forgot Patton got D.C +Dpt of defense mad at him over beating up a solder. :devil:http://www.loc.gov/index.html

 

Patton was brilliant, but I give him most credit for creating our tank corps more than his battlefield tactics. For his foresight and hard work building our tank corps in the 20's and 30's this nation is forever indebted to the man. However, he did not singlehandedly defeat the Nazis like the film portrayed. He was good, but had lots of help, notably from Bradley.

The slapping the soldier incident I just feel sorry for him for. He was from a different generation. If that reporter had not been standing there, it would have not even been a footnote in history. In a tiny way, I know what had to have been going through his mind. After being shot at, having to do your job in the face of enemies trying to kill you, you really do have very little sympathy for those in the rear complaining about their job. I am in NO WAY comparing my experiences to theirs, I can only imagine how intense those feelings had to have been. Civilians seriously have no business judging soldiers on a battlefield, short of human rights abuses.

 

Screw it. Got the 3 coin proof set for $551 shipped. Looks like the $5 Gold coin is about 1/4 ounce of gold if I converted right so with the silver dollar a bit over 100 bucks over melt for the set. I couldn't call myself a WW2 buff and not get these set

 

It says the $5 gold coins is 8.359 grams and 90 percent gold. So 7.52 grams of gold which equates to .265 ounces of gold. Can someone back me up on that?

 

:thumb:I Agree!!!!
But until 1973 a CO could almost do anything to a G I 1973! And that when The New Action Army started.
My US Army days Started Oct 1st 1968

 

I think its less. Coinflation has it worth $390.08 with gold at $1612.80. I am pretty sure these are the same weight and composition as the old $5 half eagles. I always remember an old $20 was just a hair under an ounce, so a $5 would be a hair under a quarter ounce.

However, I would prefer someone to confirm this as well.