Dockwalliper Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjord Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Wow, are you the first on your block to have one? I know the photo's pixelated, but if that's an accurate photo, I am less than enthused about the appearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 No. I'm right here!!!!! sorry, had to be said. Ditto as above re: the appearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 where did you find him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henare Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 yecch. he looks like he went to the donald trump school of powdered wigs ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBobo Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 He's actually going to be debuting at an elementary school in Houston. Here is the full pic... Note: The man in the picture is NOT Doc... PS. I think the obverse is... ...but the reverse is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 which is which? I think the "$" is UGGGGGGLLLLYYYY. Well the font is in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreasureGirl Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I think I said this in another topic, but I'll say it again: Those things are even fuglier than their original drawings, and I'm seriously reconsidering deciding to collect them. I'm very disappointed at these half-hearted designs, and at least the SQs had some variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I don't know how much variation you can have. All of the states aren't older, white men with powdered wigs. Maybe with the exception of Wyoming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Why do I keep getting double posts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 So what is the actual release date? And yeah.....I'm not overly excited about the obverse....although....liberty, which I thought would be ugly, if rather nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Looks like crap. Are these the same metal composition as the Sacs? If so, baaaaaad mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted January 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Release date is Feb 15th. Same composition as the Sacs but specially treated to resist Tarnish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Same composition as the Sacs but specially treated to resist Tarnish. We'll just see how long it takes them to tarnish. I'll put on right along side my 2005 ASE pocket piece. Who wants to race to have the first graded PO-1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyd Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 And so it begins................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 I like the reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleeye Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 God, those things look horrible. I had a passing interest in them for about a second and a half, but after that, nuh-uh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyd Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 I agree -- the reverse is nice -- now, what can we REALLY expect from presidential mug-shots?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreasureGirl Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 The faces honestly look like cartoons. Why aren't they as nice as Lincoln was in 1909, Washington in 1932, Jefferson, in 1938, Franklin in 1946, Kennedy in 1964, even Eisenhower in 1971? Sorry, partial to the high reliefs... Also, I don't think those specific portraits should be used, but I wish the Mint (or whoever it was) would have put a little more effort into these. EDIT: My dad brought up a good point... they look like commemoratives. He was talking to some people who thought they might be sold for higher than face value because they could pass for commemoratives, or people would simply not accept them thinking they're not legal tender. Will people find it worth the added effort? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 The faces honestly look like cartoons. Why aren't they as nice as Lincoln was in 1909, Washington in 1932, Jefferson, in 1938, Franklin in 1946, Kennedy in 1964, even Eisenhower in 1971? Sorry, partial to the high reliefs... Also, I don't think those specific portraits should be used, but I wish the Mint (or whoever it was) would have put a little more effort into these. EDIT: My dad brought up a good point... they look like commemoratives. He was talking to some people who thought they might be sold for higher than face value because they could pass for commemoratives, or people would simply not accept them thinking they're not legal tender. Will people find it worth the added effort? I still get people coming in who think a Sac or SBA isn't a dollar coin, and a commemorative of some sort, especially the Sacs because of the gold tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 I still get people coming in who think a Sac or SBA isn't a dollar coin, and a commemorative of some sort, especially the Sacs because of the gold tone. And on that note, people still think $2 bills are fake. I should start offering them one REALY $1 bill for their "fake" $2 bill. Still can't wait to see one of these in person. I need a good laugh. Whoever said the obverse looks like a cartoon, I must agree. Looks like play money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreasureGirl Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Not trying to be a hypocrite, but when I was at the local coin shop yesterday I noticed that the Whitman folders they had for the PD's did not include both mint marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted February 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Dansco has 2 books out for the Pres. coins. One for one coin of each Pres. and another with room for 2 coins per Pres. They are holding off on the books that would include proof coins until they are sure about the silver proofs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny 1989 Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 He's actually going to be debuting at an elementary school in Houston. Here is the full pic... Note: The man in the picture is NOT Doc... PS. I think the obverse is... ...but the reverse is... The tails side with the Statue of Liberty looks quite good, the portrait not so much, I still think that side portraits rather than angled or face on look 100 times better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted February 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Anyone planning on being near Grand Central Terminal next Thursday? The mint is doing a dollar exchange for the new President dollars. Tommy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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