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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 808936, member: 4626&quot;]Second part of this article from the top of the page:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0956/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0956/" rel="nofollow">http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0956/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Has the original 1986 TV commercial for these coins.&nbsp; 24 years later, still no flying cars!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have the first one; it&#039;s the first commemorative coin I ever bought, and was very early into my coin collecting days.&nbsp; I remember in 1984 when I lived on Kadena AB in Okinawa, Japan, raising money for the Statue of Liberty renovation; I also remember watching the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty post-restoration in celebration of its centennial.&nbsp; I&#039;ve long since lost the coin&#039;s original packaging, and had it slabbed by ANACS more for the sake of getting rid of the scratched plastic capsule than caring what it graded (PR-69 DCAM in case you&#039;re curious).&nbsp; It&#039;s probably only worth about what I paid if you adjust for inflation, but has a lot of sentimental value.&nbsp; I still remember how excited it was when I got it after having my parents order it for me (I still paid for it, but obviously didn&#039;t have a checkbook as I was only 10 at the time, so they had to do the ordering).</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to those commemoratives you linked, the Statue of Liberty has also appeared on these regular (more or less) US coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>2001 New York state quarter</p><p>All American Platinum Eagles, 1997 to present</p><p>All presidential dollars, 2007 to present[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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