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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DWSchmidt, post: 3202208, member: 98236&quot;]I am very disappointed in the first two medals of the series.&nbsp; It does not look as though any thought was given to the design of the series nor of a reason for issuing them starting now.&nbsp; We have seen the Geo. Washington obverse a hundred times before, most obviously from the quarter, an undraped Grecian style bust.&nbsp; John Adams is clothed in his obverse and the bust almost appears cartoonish.&nbsp; The date on Adams&#039; medal uses A.D. as if collectors might confuse him with the Mesopotamian John Adams circa 1800 B.C.E.&nbsp; The &quot;United States of America&quot; lettering is in a different style on each medal, interrupted by the bust vs a continuous arc.&nbsp; And finally the reverse is totally uninspired.&nbsp; The Indian Peace Medal (handshake/peace pipe) image was last seen on the Lewis &amp; Clark Journey of Discovery nickels in 2004 and doesn&#039;t represent any president except maybe Jefferson (he designed it).&nbsp; At least the mint could have used an image of the presidential seal like the reverse of the JFK half if they were too cheap to design a new image.&nbsp; That image (or variations of it) has represented the office of the president since at least 1850.&nbsp; Simplified versions were used to impress sealing wax on official presidential documents sent to congress prior to 1850.</p><p><br /></p><p>In summary, I will not be buying poorly designed, ill-conceived silver rounds at twice market value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know if there was any enabling legislation authorizing the issuance of these medals?</p><p><br /></p><p>DWSchmidt[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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