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Message:: [QUOTE="treehugger, post: 1479822, member: 28451"]Are you possibly pushing for a Bill and Melinda Gates coin, given their philanthropic work with polio, AIDS, malaria and education?  In all seriousness, I agree with what you say. I think the situation, though, is those types of issues do not strike a chord with the majority of people.  However, things like war do.  I think the Mint feels it will sell coins better if the subject of those coins is reduced to the lowest common denominator. In terms of just this year, the Mint could have done a commemorative of the Titanic.  After all, the ship was sailing to the U. S.  A number of world mints produced 100th Anniversary coins and they sold very well. The Star-Spangeled Banner coin was pretty nice and I think was supposed to remember the War of 1812 (our second war of independence and a war that not a lot of people know a lot about.) However, the focal point of the coin seemed to be Fort McHenry and the lyrics written by Francis Scott Key.  What is confusing, though, is the Fort McHenry event did not occur until 1814.  So, this coin was supposed to remember the 98th anniversary?  Oops. It definitely seems we are locked into a military era in terms of commemoratives.  For me, it's okay to have 1 of these every so often, but it's really overkill (no pun intended) for them to be so pervasive.[/QUOTE]