2010 Disabled American Veterans Coin....

Looking forward to this commemorative coin comming out next year. The mintage will be 350,000 coins, both proof and uncerculated versions. This coin will be minted at the West Point Mint & will be a must have for my collection , what say you :high5: http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/2010-american-veterans-disabled-for.html

 

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While I think the design is interesting and I like that part of the proceeds will be donated I just don't think it is pretty .

I will probably not get this one.

 

They didn't list a price.

 

For those interested, talk about this new commem started today in this thread too.

 

The designers are not inspired. I'm disappointed.

The Price? For this?

Far short. This has been approved?

 

Sorry krispy I actually went back several days to see if this had been brought up , I missed elaines post , so shot mehya::hammer: , now how do I erase this, anyway I think it will sell for $ 52 give or take:goof:

 

A great cause , but I think they could of done a lot better job for our disabled Vets , they deserve the best and this design is not the best we could do , the reverse is nice and the obverse gets the message across but that's it .
rzage

 

I think they could've done a lot better on the reverse if they would've quoted Abraham Lincoln, " A Nation that dose not honor its Heroe's will not long endure" , Its a shame because this is such a worthy cause you would've thought they could've thought the design and reverse quote through. It seems they were in a hurry & didn't give this silver dollar coin the honor it deserved. But I'll still buy a silver proof or two.

 

Salute!!!

Semper Fi to all my Brothers in Arm's.

RickieB

 

Judging by the negative feedback comming down from a lot of folks, especially Disabled Veterans , I must admit this coin is shaping up to be a very controversial coin. I got to admit that the $10 fee added to the coins purchase to go to another Washington Memorial is bugging me also. These Disabled Veterans & their families need a lot more financial help than another concrete memorial in Washington. Just a little food for thought. : (

 

pappy-o good one I agree with you.
Bob

 

I certainly don't dislike the coin, but I think they could have done better. The 3 sets of the lower extremities depicted to me makes one think of only soldiers of the Army and Marines. We have disabled veterans of the other branches of service as well.

I think the military commemorative coins are excellent in my opinion. But one that is associated with the military I don't like is the one of the USO. It is great the USO was honored. but for some reason chose a rather blah design IMO.

I will have to say this coin will be very popular as it deserves to be.

 

This will certainly not sell out but it will sell enough to be common. If you want the coin wait a while and look to Ebay.

 

I think they could have made a better design.

http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/2010-american-veterans-disabled-for.html

 

I like it. I have never bought a commemorative, but I will buy this one. The image is very poignant. One might even envision the seemingly 'healthy' pair of legs might be suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. This image speaks volumes. As a Vietnam era guy this coin is quite moving. I'll buy an extra one to give to one of those real heros from the "greatest generation" that sell Poppys on Veterans Day. God Bless each and everyone of them.

 

Actually my son spent 10 years in the United States Air Force & was deployed several times to the Middle East & Europe , military boots are kinda the same in all areas, my son was deployed to Iraq, Bahrain, Diego Garcia, Saudi Arabia, Rhein-Main & Ramstein A. F B.'s. Comming from a Military family this coin touches my heart & deserves respect and honor to all who have put their lives on the line. Quite frankly I don't care about the obverse or reverse of this coin , its what it stands for that counts in my book . To anybody going into harms way they have my respect and gratitude for a job well done & its up to the people of this Country to give them the respect , thanks and any financial help they might need when returning home. Speaking as a father of a solder I can't even put into words the gut renching feeling you have when your son or daughter is overseas in harms way, believe me that helpless feeling you have the whole time their gone is horrible. I guess I'am just saying that if our disabled veterans get some help from this coin I hope they sell a billion of them.:thumb:

 

I agree with your sentiments completely as I have family that has served/is serving. I think these men and women deserve a lot of financial help and not another memorial. I also think, though, the mint could have put a bit more serious thought into the design... its kind of blase if you ask me. There will certainly be collectors that purchase the coin but if a more beautiful design was rendered then it could have had the possibility of selling even more. That being said I will likely purchase one of each UNC and PF.

 

Because of the subject matter I do think this coin will sell rather well & I do hope the U. S. Gov. will rethink where the profits will go , granted with all the time they had to design this coin you got to wonder why they didn't consult directly with the Disabled American Veterans Admin. , meaning directly with the Veterans themselves & what would have meet something special to them to be shown on the coin. I guess that would have been to simple.

 

Three disabled veterans? OK one is obvious, but from the image shown there is no way to know or even assume the other two are. Frankly what I see in this is "One out of three members of our military will end up disabled for life." I would hope the real figure isn't that high.

And I have to agree with the comment in the blog, this reminds me a lot of the Little Rock dollar.

I don't care for th reverse that much either That heavy wreath style is typically seen on the reverse of award medals. It doesn't seem appropriate for a coin.

 

Maybe the designers were simply showing 5 legs ( 5 boots ) to account for the 5 branches of the military, Air Force , Army , Navy , Marine Corp & Coast Guard & the crutch simply alludes to disabled. This may seem a little far fetched but who knows what they were trying to achive, just an idea.