House passes major coinage bill

For those of you who might be interested. From Coin World.

https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/house-passes-massive-bill-for-future-u-s-coin-changes

 

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Unfortunately, most of those are not that interesting to me.

 

Suppose it did pass the U.S. Senate and signed into law by the President. I'd say we're soon approaching Canada-like levels of numismatic absurdity and variety.

 

I don’t think there’s a lot there for collectors, though I expect it’ll be a field day for HSN and sellers of that ilk.

 

How about designs that go back to the founding years of this country? That would be a better way to celebrate.

 

Seems like stuff that will be hoarded by the general population, and like the bicentennial issues, never have significant value or avid numismatic interest. Which in a way is sad.

For those of us old enough to remember, it was a huge deal when the '76's were announced and introduced. I was 12, and figured out rather quickly they really were just spenders and not much else.

 

If it becomes law, I do hope it will cause a lot of new people to become serious collectors. IMO the biggest thing missing in this is the elimination of the one cent coin.

 

So the US Mint will keep making ballast and the USPS will continue making wallpaper. If they are not going to put half dollars into circulation they should just stop making them.

 

I don't have high hopes for these and will most likely pass.

 

"The House vote was without objection, so no individual votes were taken. The legislation will be sent to the Senate for its consideration."

Seems those 'boobs' care even less than I do.........

 

I was looking forward to the new quarter in 2021 (the one after the Tuskeegee) and was hoping they'd go with it for a long time. But, it appears they still are pushing several new series of ballast. Even the 2026 is kind of a no big deal to me...stick to every 100 years.

Looks like the last moderns that I'll be thumbing into my Dansco's will be dated 2021.

 

I couldn't agree more.

When you introduce 10, 15, or 20 special coins every year for decades, they cease being special.

"Semiquincentennial" is a cool word I just learned, though.

 

The Mint does not put any coinage into circulation...we do...just saying...

 

So who out there is going to pay a premium for a 50 cent piece and then buy something with it for 50 cents?

 

Amen! I will not start another set of junk from the mint.

 

I cant wait to see how they fit it in on a coin!

 

<-------Must go now and prepare a spot in my album for the Ruth Bader-Ginsburg Quarter~

 

Knowing the mint, you might as well go ahead and prepare slots for all the other deceased justices. They'd probably also introduce several new finishes and privy marks just to push up sales figures.

 

Oof. Sad but true.

 

Hypothetically if the U.S. Mint were to do a circulating coin series commemorating every deceased SCOTUS justice, you'd have to commemorate 103 individuals. To the best of my knowledge, the mint would put out the following over an undetermined number of years.

Philadelphia circulation strikes
Denver circulation strikes
San Francisco clad proof strikes
San Francisco silver proof strikes
San Francisco clad strikes
West Point circulation strikes
Reverse proof sets

Overall, you'd be looking at somewhere in the range of 721 different mintmarks and finishes. Assuming the U.S. Mint doesn't do privy marks, enhanced uncirculated sets, enhanced reverse proof sets, or any other marketing gimmick.