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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 1326709, member: 13650&quot;]I don&#039;t know, I think they&#039;ve covered a lot of areas other than politicians and the war.&nbsp; Granted there are quite a few.&nbsp; Sometimes the commemorative program serves as a fundraiser for different things.&nbsp;&nbsp; Like the Gettysburg commems were sold to raise money for battlefield restoration.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think the 2008s raised money for a Bald eagle program.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sometimes they&#039;re made just to commemorate anniversaries which I think are very reasonable.&nbsp; The 99 Washington $5 gold commem in honor of the bicentennial of his death is a great example.&nbsp;&nbsp; A MS one (22,511 mintage) is next on my want list.&nbsp; I just finished reading &quot;Being George Washington&quot; and it gave me a whole new perspective of the way he carried himself, on his life and how much he actually sacrificed for the country.&nbsp; It&#039;s lost on most of the population now.&nbsp;&nbsp; In this day and age with our short attention spans and sound bytes, most people think the Revolutionary War (assuming they even know it happened) lasted a month or so and we were free!&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; In reality, it lasted about 7 years and the sacrifices and risks taken at that time are like none other before or since.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; To understand why they felt it necessary to place &quot;another dead president&quot; on a commemorative 200 years after his death, you need a full understanding of the man himself, who he was and all that he did.&nbsp; I love sports as much as the next guy but I don&#039;t think athletes are worthy of being put on US commemoratives.&nbsp; &nbsp; If MLB wants to come up with a minting program, let them do it.&nbsp;&nbsp; To put Brett Favre on a commemorative after say a George Washington commemorative, just trivializes the program and I think would be disrespectful to all and everything that was worthy of being on them.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I know other people will have different viewpoints and would love to see a Brett Favre commemorative.&nbsp; I just don&#039;t think it&#039;s the US mint&#039;s place to do so.&nbsp;&nbsp; Everything would become worthless if they turn into a free-for-all, anything goes type program.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;d rather see them come out with nothing for a year or two, if there isn&#039;t any subject matter worthwhile to commemorate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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