National Baseball Hall of Fame Coin

Hobo · Jul 14, 2011

Baseball and coins are two of my favorite things. I think it is past time to honor America's pastime on a coin.

Congress shows bipartisan love for baseball hall of fame coin

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Congress picks two organizations every year for the commemorative coin program; the U.S. Mint issues the gold and silver coins, which are legal tender but aren’t intended for general circulation. Competition is stiff and requires support from two-thirds of House members, so the coins inevitably honor politics-proof institutions: This year’s benefit the Medal of Honor Foundation and the Army Historical Foundation; last year it was the Boys Scouts and disabled veterans.
The Baseball Hall Of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. (Jim McIsaac/ Getty Images) On deck, the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, which will celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2014. The coin will be produced in three versions: 400,000 silver coins which will sell for $50 each, 50,000 gold with a retail price of about $1,600, and an inexpensive version ($10-$15) made of base metals. And it won’t cost taxpayers a dime — by law, the coins are made to order with everything covered by buyers.
“Selling baseball on the House floor was about as easy as anything I’ve ever done,” said Hanna, who introduced the bill and signed up 294 members. It was co-sponsored by Barton and Doyle, who manage the Republican and Democrat Congressional baseball teams playing Thursday night at Nationals Stadium. “This is probably one of the best things we do in Washington to promote civility and camaraderie in the Congress,” said Doyle. “We could certainly use some of that these days.”

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Numismania · Jul 14, 2011

The HOF is a great cause. Though, not sure about baseball being 'politics-proof'. One of our recent Presidents was an MLB team owner....lol

Lon Chaney · Jul 14, 2011

So is this commem going to be coming out in 2014 then? That's how it sounds. I find it odd that they already have the retail prices planned. What if gold plummets to $500/oz.? Nobody is going to pay $1600 for it.

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