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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 217473, member: 4626&quot;]They have good designs; the Marine Corps dollar is one of the favorite things I own that the mint has produced (only complaints are that the 230th anniversary isn&#039;t that much of a benchmark; why not 225th or 250th?&nbsp; And why does the 2005 date need to be on the coin twice?&nbsp; Other than that, beuatiful coin.)&nbsp; Of course on the other extreme is rediculous designs like the Korean War commemorative (Too cluttered and just an outright ugly design.)</p><p><br /></p><p>It kind of suprises me what the mint passes over commemorating... last year was the 100th anniversary of the Denver Mint, and they did nothing for it, but still decided to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the old San Francisco Mint NOT getting destroyed in the 1906 earthquake.&nbsp; Huh?&nbsp; And they commemorated the 230th anniversary of the Marine Corps (not saying the Marines don&#039;t deserve commemorating, but why not wait for a more round number to commemorate, like the 250th?&nbsp; Again, still love that coin though.), but nothing for the 50th or 60th anniversary of the Air Force, or for any other branch of the military for that matter (at least not specifically).</p><p><br /></p><p>The designs are kind of hit and miss... this year I passed on the Jamestown commemorative, just didn&#039;t care for the design, but am actually looking forward to the Desegregation dollar, like the reverse especially.&nbsp; (Anyone know a specifc release date for that?&nbsp; Mint still only says May).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not a basher of the US Mint... like I said I like most of what they produced and are producing, but not 100% of it.&nbsp; When they do something or make something I don&#039;t like I&#039;ll call them on it though.&nbsp; Still compared to other mints, they do a pretty good job.&nbsp; I&#039;d say my overall approval of them is about 90%.&nbsp; 90% is still an A.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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