It stops now. Do not continue along this line. Read the rules, we are stricter than most forums on the internet. Thanks Jim
Actually... "Who decided that only people of color and girls should be the only representatives on the coins? I thought it was odd when girls were put on the boyscout commemorative, however no boys on the girlscout commemorative." I agree it could've been worded better, but at least he attempted to clarify, and since the thread has been taken in a better direction, perhaps we should let bygones be bygones.
I'll concede and move on, although I don't believe that was the intent of the OP. But moving along. My apologies.
The CCAC was established by Act of Congress in 2003 to... Advise the Secretary of the Treasury on any theme or design proposals relating to circulating coinage, bullion coinage, Congressional Gold Medals, and national and other medals. Advise the Secretary of the Treasury with regard to the events, persons, or places to be commemorated by the issuance of commemorative coins in each of the five calendar years succeeding the year in which a commemorative coin designation is made. Make recommendations with respect to the mintage level for any commemorative coin recommended. The CCAC submits a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury after each public meeting with the minutes of the meeting.https://www.ccac.gov/
OldVet, I removed your post as it did not clarify, anything, only seemed to continue along a line, that I asked to stop. You can discuss a coin, but political or social reasons for what is on the coin beyond the fact they are on it, is off limits. No post will change the minds of people who have formed their own opinion, right or wrong, so some times things have to be let go. Thanks Jim
If Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney don't show up soon I am going to go over the rainbow and see a wizard.
It will be interesting to see if there is enough demand to make any money for the charity. The enabling legislation requires that the mint cover it's costs first. https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/301 It's not clear what the break-even point is, but it's something over 35%, given that in the case of the girl scouts in 2014, admittedly the only case where they failed to cover the costs and received nothing, they sold only about 35% of the single authorized coin. (See http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2014/01/girl-scouts-will-get-no-commem-surcharges.all.html) But if that # is at all representative, then Boy's Town will need to sell something over 40,000 coins. First days sales were 33,636, so they are well on the way between now and 12/31/2017.
The Boy's Town commemoratives will likely be the next low mintage items for the series from the US Mint.
When I look through my pocket change and wallet all I see are Caucasian males - I for one think that our pocket change should not be a bunch of long deceased Caucausian males. I think we should go back to having Lady Liberty on our coins, even different ethnic representations of Lady Liberty.
I can understand the sentiment, and would also much prefer not to have deceased white males on our coins. Of course I'd also prefer not to have deceased males, or females, of any race on them. Even ethnic representations of lady Liberty are reasonable, but on the other hand, when taking such a route someone is always going to feel left out, and is why I feel generic representations the best for everyone.
