Under Law only two commemorative coins....

are allowed to be minted per year. For 2010 the American Disabled Veterans for Life & the Boy Scouts of America Coins have been authorized . Now a new bill has been introduced for next year to commemorate the opening of the International Civil Rights Museum . This bill ask for the U. S. Mint to produce 1000 silver coins. After reading this I wondered what other folks think of allowing more than two commemorative coins per year . Would it be benificial to allow more than two coins per year, say three or four, or is two coins satisfactory. I never thought of adding more but what do you folks think of the two coins per year max. ?

 

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on their way to letting commems get out of control again.

 

*tongue firmly in cheek*

I agree, there are millions of worthy projects and causes, anniverseries and events, mint a coin for each and every one that anybody touts.

Make sure that each and every coin is minted at all the mints also, so collectors will have to purchase every one to have a complete set.

 

I hope no more then two. In 1936 Commems got out of hand and it ruined the hobby. It would take a special law to change the 2 per year. They get around it now by offering gold fives, silver dollars and clad halfs. If the NASA fiasco goes through, there will be a silver dollar for each planet and a 50$ gold piece for the sun. It will price most collectors out of the market. At least with Pluto, no longer a planet, there will only be 8 silver rounds. LOL

 

Not so sure how only two commemoratives a year is getting out of control but there have been some great ones like the Lincoln dollar this year :thumb:

 

Papp-O.....did you mean 1000 in your first post or 100000?

Thats a big difference....thats the difference of "who cares because there are so many" vs. "who care because I won't be one of the few lucky who get this coin".

 

It will be interesting , with the economy the way it is folks are buying up all the silver & gold they can handle , even the Mint is having a hard time keeping up with demand :loud:

 

Amazing isn't it, they are asking for just 1000 coins, the new bills are H. R. 3912 & S1819

 

WOW! I thought that was a typo, but I guess you are not joking. 1000 is a joke. Take about a 1 hour self out as long as the internet doesn't crash or the phone lines dont crash. That is some good brilliant thinking there.

 

I had to read it twice myself :rolling: http://coinlegislation.com/s-1819-hr-3912-civil-rights-center-and-museum-commemorative-coins/

 

I would love to see a NASA commemorative set...but I hate this idea. They should commemorate the highlights of the space program...not the existance of celestial bodies.

But, back to the original topic. I know that there is a law requiring a maximum of 2 commemoratives per yer...but when did this law go into affect? I know it couldn't have been too long ago because it seems like in the mid-90s a lot more than 2 came out for a given year.

 

I consider the First Spouse Gold series a commemorative series, even though it is technically not. Same with the National Park Quarters. So, in my mind they are already way over the 2 per year.

 

I can see how the first spouse set could be lumped into there...but not the national park quarters...I don't think it is possible to call a circulation coin a true commemorative.

 

There's a big difference between "How many commems should we have ?" and "Should we have a law restricting how many we can have ?".

Absurd law.

US Mint should be free to make as many different designs as people want. If they can sell 'em, they should mint 'em. No limit in law. The limit should be determined with year-to-year decision making.

 

The 1932 quarter and 1976 quarter, half dollar and dollar are all technically circulating commemoratives. I'm confident that the State quarter and Presidential dollar series would have been called the same had there not been a law on the books limiting the production of commemoratives.

 

I believe that law went into effect on Jan. 1, 1999 :smile

 

You've got a valid point , there seems to be a definite gray area when it comes to commemorative coins

 

Can you imagine what one of a thousand would be worth , do you think the mint would take the first 1000 calls :crying:

 

I can imagine what the announcers on HSN would be saying if they got their hands on some of these coins. They could finally call a modern coin rare that actually is.

 

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