Coinworld.com Paul Gilkes 03-25-2013 The U.S. Mint on April 11 will launch an open, public design competition for the shared obverse to be used for three 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame coins. A congressionally led ceremony will be held April 11 in Washington, D.C., formally announcing the design competition. April 11 also begins the 30-day period during which the Mint will accept design submissions for the competition, according to Tom Jurkowsky, director of the U.S. Mint’s Office of Public Affairs. The winning design will be used as the common obverse for the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative gold $5 half eagle, silver dollar and copper nickel clad half dollar. The 10:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time ceremony is scheduled for the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, located beneath the East Front plaza of the U.S. Capitol at First Street and East Capitol Street. The event is expected to be hosted by Rep. Richard L. Hanna, R-N.Y., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. Hanna and Gillibrand introduced the House and Senate legislation, respectively, that resulted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act, Public Law 112-152, signed into law by President Obama on Aug. 3, 2012. The hall is located in Cooperstown, N.Y. The April 11 ceremony is to include representatives from the U.S. Mint, other members of Congress, officials of Major League Baseball and a number of former major leaguers who have been inducted as members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Jurkowsky said March 19 that the Mint would be issuing a “teaser” notification March 28 to include some of the details for the April 11 announcement of the design competition. Story here I wonder if they would consider stick figures if done tastefully.
Let's see 2 Senators from NY, betcha the winning design has something to do with the Stankees...errrr I mean Yankees.
The Baseball Hall of Fame is located in NY (Cooperstown) so it would make sense that a Congressman and Senator from NY would host the event. I hope the winning design honors the GAME rather than an individual player or team.
Personally, I would like to see the phrase "in steroids we trust" emblazoned on the front of the coin. Something tells me that design wouldn't go over too well, though.
Indeed it makes sense. As an aside, Cooperstown is a lovely village along the headwaters of the Susquehanna River and worth a trip if you happen to be in that area that I most frequent..........
