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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;midtncoin, post: 4218456, member: 89569&quot;]The classic commem period suffered two issues.&nbsp; The first was double-dipping in the early years of the program.&nbsp; The Pilgrim, Missouri, Alabama, and Grant all succumbed to this where the mint issued the original commem, everyone who wanted one bought one, and then they came back later in the same year and added a star or number to the obverse to create a second &quot;variety&quot; to entice collectors to buy a second issue to keep their collections complete.&nbsp; Then there was the fiasco of 1936 where 20 different designs were issued in the same year.&nbsp; Collectors couldn&#039;t keep up and sales suffered.&nbsp; This effectively killed the classic commem program with the exception of a few lingering designs and the BTW issues in the 50&#039;s. </p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at the modern commem program -- it ALMOST suffered the same fate.&nbsp; The 95/96 season was the proverbial straw when 23 designs where issued.&nbsp; Comparisons to 1936 were made.&nbsp; But thankfully a limit was put on the program going forward so no more than 2 issues per year were released.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since 2000, this 2-program-max limit has been observed.&nbsp; And in 2 years, there was only one design (if the 2020 basketball remains the only design for this year, that would make 3).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I actually don&#039;t mind this.&nbsp; I enjoy collecting the modern commems.&nbsp; With a few rare exceptions (Dolley Madison, Buffalo), they will never be considered great works of art but the massive array of designs is what draws me to them.&nbsp; I would like to see the program limited to 1 program per year instead of 2 but that&#039;s a small quibble.&nbsp; And, just for variety sake, I would like to see some shakeup in the normal &quot;clad half, silver dollar, gold $5&quot; combination.&nbsp;&nbsp; Perhaps a gold $1 or gold $2.5.&nbsp;&nbsp; Or how about a bi-mettalic $2 commem similar to the Canadian Twonie?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To each his own, but I rather enjoy the modern commemorative series and look forward to each year&#039;s offerings.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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