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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;treehugger, post: 1392569, member: 28451&quot;]I agree the topics selected for modern commemoratives are very uninspired and bland.&nbsp;&nbsp; Coupled with the fact there is only about $25.00 worth of silver in them, but the least expensive Star-Spangled Banner coin, for example, is $44.95.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a number of early commemoratives and I really enjoy them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Included here are:&nbsp;&nbsp; Daniel Boone, Pilgrim, Oregon Trail, Pan-Pacific, Stone Mountain, Columbian Expo and Lexington-Concord.&nbsp;&nbsp; The designs are very appealing. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a number of modern commemoriatives, but the last U. S. Mint commemorative I have purchased is the 2008 Bald Eagle.&nbsp;&nbsp; I feel there hasn&#039;t been an interesting 1 minted since then, but that is just me.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would much rather take that money and spend it on some really interesting and well-produced offerings from the Perth Mint or Royal Canadian Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>It just seems the selection process employed for U. S. commemoratives results in same old, same old uninteresting themes and I don&#039;t look for that to change anytime soon.&nbsp;&nbsp; The U. S. Mint and its topic-selection partners would do well to begin a &quot;paradigm shift&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; That is, unless they don&#039;t mind people taking their coin-buying funds and spending them at other world mints.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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