I was reading up on coin legislation that pending in congress and was wondering. How many of these would people really want to purchase?
Here is a list of some of the commorative coins that may be in our future.

Revolutionary war and war of 1812 battlefield commorative coins. $5 gold , $1 silver & clad half dollars.
American Disabled vets for life. $1 coins
NASA 50th anniversary commorative $50 gold 1oz. and 9 different $1 silver(one for each of the 9 planets)
Robert M. La Follette Sr. Commorative coin.
U.S. Army infantry, National Infanrty Museum and soldier Center commorative.
Model T Ford and 100th anniversary of Highland Park plant commorative.
Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Commorative $1 coin.
Civil Rights act of 1964 $1 coin.
Mothers day Centenial commorative $1 coin.
Circulating quarters program to honor D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands & the Northern Mariana Islands.
200th Anniversary of abolition of the Transatlantic slave trade.
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentenial coin.

Any takers?

I know Elverno will go for this one:


Revolutionary war and war of 1812 battlefield commorative coins. $5 gold , $1 silver & clad half dollars

Am i right?

I might go for the Model T, Army Infantry and War of 1812 commems, though that last one seems odd, why add the Revolutionary war, since that's somewhat past isn't it? The revolution ended more than a quarter century before the War of 1812. And that was wasn't much to celebrate, what will they have an obverse of the capitol being burned to the ground? On second thought that might not be so bad!

The War of 1812 has a special place in my heart......They burned Buffalo to the ground too. The Brits practically marched down my street on the way to Buffalo.

It went something like....We sacked Queenston so they burned Buffalo. That pissed us off so we burned York(now Toronto) so they burned Washington. You might think we lost on the exchange but when we burned York we swiped the fittings and riggings to outfit our lake fleet that won us the Battle of Lake Erie.

So that's what that funny smell in Buffalo is! Here I always thought it was just the Love Canal!

But seriously Doc, I'm down for most of those -- I especially await a 2009 S VDB Wheatback Cent of original composition to be widely circulated with a mintage of 484,000,000 -- that would be so freakin' cool!

Zippo, nada. They hold no interest.

They could do one for Joe McCarthy too, and cover both ends of the far out political spectrum in the USA. This year is the 50th anniversary of the end of the McCarthy era, which is a commemoration in and of itself, especially for those he victimized.

im glad in 09 ill have a job cuz im gunna get me an 2009 vdb!!!

I don't have much interest in them. That NASA thing sounds like one of the big ripoffs of all time.

And since Pluto is no longer considered a planet why 9? But according to how the design them they could be some of the better looking coins made.

because eight will "earn" less money!

i might be interested in the civil rights act coin ... and the extended state quarters series ... but that's it.

i wish we could get out of the business of doing private fundraisers this way.

The gold coin would contain the image of the sun. Coin #9 would be Pluto and other dwarf plants.

I can just see how this is going to be packaged.

Given the recent performance of the mint, perhaps they can put them in PVC plastic baggies loosely dispensed in a cheap cardboard box.

Accd to the paper this morning that Sackie buck bill passed, so now we will have Aboriginal American Commemorative coins. Zowwie I am just so excited I could soil my breeches.

What a waste. But I understand why the government does it, create money that doesn't circulate. Pure profit.

What ever happened to the anniversary of the first railroad in America? I remember hearing about that a few years back, and would be the only commem I'd be interested in.

That would be interesting, but not PC. So there.

I would really need to see the designs before I can pass judgment on them. If someone had told me that I would one day pass up on buying a Thomas Edison silver dollar, I love Edison but the design was ugly, but I would end up buying a John Marshall dollar I would have been rather surprised.

Only commem I have bought in the last few years was the SF mint thing last year, I wisht I had bought the gold $5 in BU too.

Train people will have to be happy with the Utah quarter.

I really like this design.

i like the utah quarter along with the wyoming quarter.. way better looking then the other quarters..

I hate the wyoming quarter, may as well have just put an image of their license plates on the coin! Utah is ok, but as a train nut, the first thing I notice is neither locomotive has a tender, so I would anticipate that an explosion is imminent.

There is only one thing that comes to mind when it comes to Utah, and it ain't railroads etc. It is people that eat Jello like a dietary staple, as well as a few other "interesting" variations of lifestyle.

I'm attending the FIDEM congress in Colorado Springs and one of the lectures was delivered by a US Mint artist/sculptor. He discussed (and showed examples) of good and bad elements in coin design. Most examples were from the state quarter series although other commemoratives were included. The quarter designs are a particular problem for them because the state committees have a big say. Wyoming is a good example. I don't think they would have chosen the bronco design, but it was a must. The particular speaker designed and sculpted the Nevada quarter (he showed an alternative design that was his vote--not his own design) and sculpted the Idaho quarter (he did not support the state outline, but again it was mandated). The mint director spoke at the openning ceremonies and discussed his desire to revitalize American coin design based on today's culture, arts, etc. He discussed the issues involved in making changes when much of what they do is dictated by legislation and conservative (I'm talking cultural and artistic conservatism not political positions). Change comes slowly.

I asked about what would bet reflect their direction (since the quarters are bounded by the state design committees) and they discussed the Jefferson nickels. The Keel Boat reverse was a product of the Artist Infusion Program (artists can compete to be included in AIP, if selected they are taught the principles of coin design, and they can then compete for coin designs for new coins), the rest in house designs (awarded by competion). They discussed the facing Jefferson as an example of wanting to move away from traditional designs and do something new. Another example is the Statue of Liberty on the reverse of the presidential dollars. All coins have to have "Liberty" on them. The Statue of Liberty meets that requirement without using the word. The obverse of the Washington dollar is the product of a new, young artist. It was entirely sculpted on a computer using a program called FreeForm that is just now being adopted in the mint (introduced about a year ago). When you are limited to a total relief of 70/1000s of an inch between highest point and the field, its a challenge to model a coin. The next generation of designers have new tools to make their work easier if the they can can conceptualize their design on the digital screen. The program gives them control over the total elevation the have to work with, so they can draw and design within the limits of production requirements.

The presentation was well done and very informative. I think the Lincoln cents will give us a good idea of the direction they are headed with new coin design goals. The commemorative series is interesting, but since I don't collect it, I am less interested in what they do and more interested in how they do it.

Can anyone tell me if this is for real, because if it is I would have to get a few in 2009!

I also hope this comes about as it will make one beautiful Proof set with the quarters, dollars and pennys. 17 coins in all....WOW!!!

There was a lot of discussion about what to put on the Utah Quarter because Utah was founded by a particular religious group.

The Beehive and a man with three wives were rejected because they were symbols of the religion.

The 2009 cent will have 4 different Rev. designs depicting 4 stages of Lincolns life. I doubt the wheatback will be one of them.

there better be a wheatie there!!! if not i wont buy the new proofs in 09 and will only buy coins from other countries.. i thnk they should of did a commem of all of the pennies like the large cents,ihc,wheatie,and then regular pennie. and if they do the side veiw like they did on the new ugly nickles my pennie days will be over!!

More or less in order of what I'd like to see.

1. Circulating quarters to honor DC and the Rest.
2. Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricent.
3. 100th anniversary of the Lincoln cent
4. Commem of me and my life.
5. War of 1912
6. US Army/Infantry Museum
7. 15th Anniversary of Britney Spears making it to the big time

A Flatulant Performance At Best

I must have missed the War of 1912. Who was in that one?

Bulgaria and Greece vs. Turkey

Yeah.. what he said.........

Deadpoint - that is great! I still can't stop laughing! Of course #7 would have to depict a Britney/Liberty in her underwear!

What underwear? She prefers to go au natural.

I am not a commemorative coin collector of any kind. There are several I have purchased because I just liked the design. I just don't want to get caught up in a commemorative freency where they will all be worth less than I paid for them due to overkill. So many things like the State Quarters have made this coin collecting boom a reality lately. The coming of the 2009 Lincoln Cent will also start another increase in coin collecting I would think. My fear is way to many commemorative coins will start a decline in this coin collecting system which I think is one of the downfalls with stamp collecting. All we need now is some coins with Elvis or a M. Monroe coin to start the decline in serious coin collecting. I do like the Olympic ones since they mostly look serious and something to remember an event that is world wide. But an Elvis coin, for instance, would make me wonder when will it all end.
Any one for an Al Capone coin?

How about an Anna Nicole Smith coin?

I think a comem. set of old designs would sell fast.Morgan dollar,mercury dime,bufflow nickle,and last but not least,a wheet cent!I know some of those coins are from diffrent times,but I woun't mind haveing a set.Afrter they got rid of cheif sculpter engraver the designs have not been as good.09 wheet,I can see it now.

Welcome to the forum numismatic nut. I like the old designs too, but instead of using them they need to design something that would correlate with those designs and compliment them instead of rehashing something from the past. Besides in my opin the wheat cent is one of the plainest coins ever. I do like the Indian cents though.

True,they are plain;but when I have over 5 pounds of them,you learn to like them.

I probably have 40 lbs of them and they seem to multiply with finds like this week I have gotten three of them in change, a 1948, a 1952-D and a 1952-S. The first two I got on different days at the Post Office.

sorry,dobble posted.

Thats a lot.I am working on a completing a set,and I'm 11 coins away.So close,but so far.

When I find common, high mintage Wheat Back pennies(cents) in change, I just put them back in change. Saving them by the pound to me takes up to much room.

I don't save them by the pound,I save them by the rool and 3 rools makes a pound(well 145 cents in a pound,but 3 rools of 50 is close enough).