2015 Commemorative coin missed opportunities

As a collector of some clad, I read this and thought "there is a sure fire way to make people despise clad even more!!" .. lol

 

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Lest we forget both of the quarter programs which are basically commemoratives of just about everything a state has had to offer. So, I'm going to suggest a two ounce commemorative, silver only, that celebrates the original 13 flags of the original colonies. A bigger surface to work on to better display the flags and the proceeds could go towards building an instructional memorial in the capitol that would have a history of each of these colonies inscribed on them. This way our children could learn some of our early history that they are not now learning in school when they go to visit such a monument.

 

They should just issue a reverse proof reverse clad! Make the silver on the inside, and the copper on the outside! Think of the possibilities!

 

Events from 1915:

Founding of the Coast Guard
Rocky Mtn Nat'l Park established
Trranscontinental telephone service inaugurated
Kiwanis founded

And that's just in the month of January.

 

Sorry, but Colorado already got a National Park coined into existence with the release of the 2014 Great Sand Dunes National Park quarter dollar in the America The Beautiful series, in clad, 90% silver and 0.999 fine silver 5 oz (both BU and "P") versions.

If you let Colorado have another, then all the other States will feel entitled to have commemorative coins struck for their 'founding' date anniversaries and what's then to stop this from becoming a redundant concept to the AtB program... let alone how many of the various parks will feel they too need to recognize their anniversaries.

Instead of just looking at a calendar and plucking whatever seems approximately appropriate, try to consider what's already out there, current and past, and whether the suggestion really is feasible given the thing or group to be featured as subject of the coin.

Again, just founding something or to celebrate an anniversary of an organization isn't really reason enough because a rounded number date comes along in a point of time since inception. That's what companies and private mints exist for (and used to be utilized for more often) in the creation of novelty mementos acknowledging such things.

 

Yeah you're right.

God forbid they produce too many coins featuring our country's natural beauty.

And none of the National Parks could use the extra funds the program could provide.

And gee whiz it would be terrible if two parks within a manmade political boundary were featured on coins. I bet the people in Rhode Island are po'd that Colorado has more National Parks than they do.

 

I think you overestimate how much money the Parks see from these commemorative (advertisement) coin programs. When the coins launched it was all they could do at the Mint to draw attention to the parks at launch ceremonies for the 24mm sized coins. By the time the pucks were rolling out, no one was interested. The Parks didn't (and don't) sell them in gift shops.

Outside of collectors, I doubt they raise much attention or awareness of parks and increased attendance, and are just spent by the size of the coin in the pocket/purse without much regard for what's on the flavor of the month coin... is that a Park Quarter or a State quarter... the designs are so overwhelmingly bland and overly optimistic of what their state is known for, yet get all but lost in the jumble of varieties they minted.

So yeah, bring it on, dig up some more mines and destroy some more of the earth in your quest for more and more new commemorative coins. That will really make this a pretty place, separating the mineral wealth from the land and protecting a few spots to remember what it once looked like everywhere.

 

It was a joke OK

I think he overestimates as well. It would probably bring them ZERO. Remember the Yellowstone Commemorative? That was supposed to provide surcharges to the National Park Service, but the Service has not system for raising the matching funds needed to qualify for receiving the surcharges (This is required by law) so they didn't get them. Instead they were given to some other organization and the National Park Service got ZERO from that coin.

 

@Conder101 I do know that your comment was in jest.

 

Another opportunity would be to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Les Paul by making guitar-shaped coins. If it's good enough for Somalia, it's good enough for the US Mint.

 

Talking about birth anniversaries, in 1915 (thus 100 years ago) Orson Welles, Robert Hofstadter and Frank Sinatra were born. The US Mint may not often honor famous people (except for military and politicians) on coins, but each of the three I find more interesting than a battle, war or YouTube anniversary ...

Christian

 

How about a coin commemorating the the House of Representatives (January 1915) rejection of giving women the right to vote?

Gonna get a ton of 'hate mail' for that one........