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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 2067220, member: 19065&quot;]Questionable items in this poll... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":pigeon:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not a fan of the US Mint&#039;s, and CCAC&#039;s input into, &quot;anniversary&quot; commemorative issues. Centennials and Sesquitennials, et al. of State Hood or Independence are one thing, but celebrating &quot;Invasion&quot; or commercialization of design creation (Tom&amp;Jerry), or something that was already acknowledged in coined form (Pan-Pac), is just marketing-think and dreck that the US Mint would <u>love</u> to profit off of <u>you</u> from pressing into existence!</p><ol> <li>100 years from Pan-Pacific&nbsp; --- <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie88" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <span style="color: #0000ff">No. Been there, done that.</span><br /> </li> <li>50 years from start of Vietnam --- <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <span style="color: #0000ff">Vietnam started more than 50 years ago. It&#039;s a very ancient place, though most have no idea about what went on there, let alone the wars with the French and the Japanese colonies resulting in decades earlier of 20th century warfare before the US stepped in the arena to without declaring what they were fighting.</span></li> <li>150 Years end of Civil War --- <span style="color: #0000ff">Which one? There is civil war all around the world, right now for goodness sake! BTW, There has already been a coin by the US Mint for the US Civil War put out in 1995!</span><br /> </li> <li>100 years sinking of Lusitania --- <span style="color: #0000ff">This suggestion sounds like it was an accomplishment, not a disaster. </span><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><br /> </li> <li>25 years since Iraqi invasion --- <span style="color: #0000ff">Really...</span> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <br /> </li> <li>100 years ago Alexander Graham Bell made a phone call --- <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <span style="color: #0000ff">Mr. Meucci might disagree.</span><br /> </li> <li>200 years Battle of New Orleans ends ---<span style="color: #0000ff"> So many references to war in this poll</span>.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie15" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><br /> </li> <li>10 years ago Youtube is launched --- <span style="color: #0000ff">&quot;Launch&quot; dates!!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Good grief Charlie Brown! (for cartoon characters see #10) There will be no end to the possibilities this would spur into creation.</span> <span style="color: #5900b3"><i>Everybody will just have to have a FaceBook coin, which will break all mintage records in history!</i></span><br /> </li> <li>100 years ago Babe Ruth debuts and hits 1st homerun -- <span style="color: #0000ff">Is there such a lobby out there for this?</span><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie27" alt=":bored:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <span style="color: #0000ff">As if sports marketing doesn&#039;t <i>already</i> consume enough venues for its sources of revenue...</span><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><br /> </li> <li>75 years ago Tom and Jerry cartoon Created --- <span style="color: #0000ff">I certainly love cartoons, but something more lofty and meaningful is called for on coins or this will turn the US Mint into a copycat of the Perth Mint, known for cranking out series upon series of dinosaur coins, dangerous animals and the Transformers... Next up from the US Mint... Droopy!! followed by Bugs Bunny and friends!!!!</span></li> </ol><p>[MEDIA=youtube]gBzJGckMYO4[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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