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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3497625, member: 101855"]I am not a fan of this coin. At the time, the New York State Congressional delegation had a lot of clout. They got an inordinate number of commemorative coin bills passed that should have been no more than privately issued town medals. This was one of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>To top it off, the distribution of these coins was very unfair. Collectors ordered them, but their orders were rejected, and coins “went out the back door” to speculators. At a time when commemorative coins were hot, collectors had to pay through the nose to keep their sets current. </p><p><br /></p><p>Abuses like this and World War II brought an end to the commemorative program until 1946. The Iowa half dollars were fairly distributed, but the dishonesty began again with the Booker T. Washington and Washington-Carver half dollars. That ended the commemorative program until 1982 with Washington coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3497625, member: 101855"]I am not a fan of this coin. At the time, the New York State Congressional delegation had a lot of clout. They got an inordinate number of commemorative coin bills passed that should have been no more than privately issued town medals. This was one of them. To top it off, the distribution of these coins was very unfair. Collectors ordered them, but their orders were rejected, and coins “went out the back door” to speculators. At a time when commemorative coins were hot, collectors had to pay through the nose to keep their sets current. Abuses like this and World War II brought an end to the commemorative program until 1946. The Iowa half dollars were fairly distributed, but the dishonesty began again with the Booker T. Washington and Washington-Carver half dollars. That ended the commemorative program until 1982 with Washington coins.[/QUOTE]
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