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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 361987, member: 307&quot;]It amazes me that for coin collectors, you seem to ignore history. The US Mint has been coining a dollar coin almost since its inception. Off and on... that is to say that NO dollar coin has EVER really enjoyed ANY popularity. The reasons are varied and IMHO largely speculative, but the fact remains that Americans have never really demanded dollar coins of any kind. </p><p><br /></p><p>What encourages me is that tastes do change over time (witness the US Half Dollar coin), but even if these coins are never popular with our citizenry, the commemorative aspect of these presidential dollar coins is that we are guaranteed (by legal mandate) a supply of not only the coins themselves, but of fresh designs for the forseeable future. </p><p><br /></p><p>Like them or not, the more new designs that the mint manufactures, the more fodder for collectors everywhere. I don&#039;t like every US coin series, in fact, I have a certain timespan that I prefer. At the same time I realize that I am not the only collector out here. Maybe someone else will find these series fascinating, or at minimum, use these as a stepping stone into other numismatic areas. More collectors means a better and more robust numismatic hobby for everyone to enjoy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone remember the 1980s??? We had stale designs that had been in place for over 40 years and if you didn&#039;t like any of&nbsp; them, you had to collect world coins, or stamps, or something else. the pendulum has swung to the opposite extreme lately, but better too many designs than too few IMHO.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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