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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 114733, member: 4781&quot;]<b>Denver Mint commemorative</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve followed this issue very closely.&nbsp;&nbsp; I live in Colorado and was born not far from the Denver Mint.&nbsp;&nbsp; Last year I wrote to the US Mint and all my congressional representatives requesting that they introduce legislation authorizing Denver Mint 100th anniversary commemorative coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; My propsal was for a set of six coins that would be EXACTLY like the six coins Denver minted in 1906, but with 2006 dates.&nbsp;&nbsp; I even had a letter to that effect printed in Coin World.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ironically, the San Francisco Mint IS getting a 2006 commemorative coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; But nothing happened with my proposal.&nbsp;&nbsp; There was no action taken on it by Congress, and nobody in the public supported it :rolling:</p><p><br /></p><p>So I might as well let the cat out of the bag.</p><p>Since the Denver Mint isn&#039;t issuing anything to commemorate their 100th anniversary, I am.</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple weeks ago, I drove down to the Mint facility on a Sunday and took several pictures of the exterior.&nbsp;&nbsp; The security guards kept a close eye on me (from a distance) while I stuck my camera throught the fence to take pictures of the architectural details.&nbsp;&nbsp; I used those pictures to design this (which is getting ready for production in 39mm brass and 1 troy ounce silver):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.designscomputed.com/files/d_mint_round_pr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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