2017 American Liberty Gold

Did anyone get the live stream link from the mint to see the unveiling? The email said it would be sent today but I guess not and event kicks off in a minute.

Edit Found it and just got the email if anyone is interested

http://www.yorkcast.com/treasury/events/2017/01/12/mint225/

 

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I don't know if this coin is going to work for me?

 

I grabbed a screen capture when they showed the coin which is below. Looks like they used that reverse that was proposed. No idea why the mint didn't simply announce that's what they went with since showing the test piece obverse and had to have an 'unveiling'. I wasn't impressed with the presentation nor the images of the coin shown.

 

If they needed to get an African American coin, they should have gone with HR 22. Take out the background leaves, which makes it too busy, and you have a decent coin.

 

This design was shown to the participants in the October mint forum in Philly. The reaction in the room was stony silence. The "politicians" from the mint were soooo proud of it.

 

When I took a design class in college, our entire class entered a competition to design a logo for a chiropractors office. We all put out our best work. And we were all shocked when the chiropractor chose the simplest design, nowhere near the "coolest" or what we considered "the best."
The professor used it as an opportunity to teach us the value of how the most useable and workable designs are often not the neatest looking ones.

 

The Mint, IMHO, misses the point of Liberty completely. She is not a person; she is an American ideal dating back to the founding of the nation.

 

Pretty much how the entire press conference went with the mint officials patting themselves on the back over their progressiveness and the evolving of America.

 

Hard to comment on this without getting zinged, so I will just say that I will not buy any.

 

Sigh

 

Honestly, this is probably my 4th or 5th choice as far as design. Much better than most of the ones pictured on page 2. But as I stated before, it's in the top 3 as far as feasibility for the Mint to be able to execute. I like it just fine.

 

Clearer pic, more info:

http://www.coinnews.net/2017/01/12/american-liberty-225th-anniversary-gold-coin-unveiled/

 

Lol 4 sets of initials on the coin. Is this the first coin with that many? I can't think of any others where so many people got to "sign" it

 

There is a possibility that it might draw some groups of citizens into numismatics that have been under represented. Also as usual it is ok to not like anyone's coin, just stay with the coin. Otherwise there is always partisanlines.com

 

Gilbert, why can't we just be honest enough to say that the coin hobby has a particular demographic base, and this coin's design choice is of a different demographic base? It's pretty obvious, no?

The Jackie Robinson commem undersold its contemporaries, as did the Black Revolutionary War Patriots commem. These are just objective factual truths.

 

Has any other recent coin had a raised edge inscription, anyone know?

 

I believe the raised lettering was chosen precisely BECAUSE it was evocative of very early U.S. coinage.

 

The 2009 UHR comes to mind

 

That's the one I was thinking of. I really wish the mint did the same with the 30th anniversary silver eagles as well.

 

I wonder if it is the inherent softness of .9999 gold that makes it easier to carry off.