Comments on: President Signs US Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

By: Eugene DeTonnancourt

Eugene DeTonnancourt — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 05:21:28 +0000

The 3 coin set is very nice.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:12:54 +0000

But… It’s three different “price points”, so no matter how much money you’re willing to spend, we’ve got a product that will appeal to you! 😛

By: RonnieBGood

RonnieBGood — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:42:20 +0000

From an investor / collector standpoint the fact that there will be Six Versions of this coin make it less attractive.

I agree that the Mint is paying Less attention to what Appeals to the Collecting Community. A person or three in the approval of the design process…

The coins that stand out over time are unique in their Design, Beauty and Quality.

By: jim

jim — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:56:59 +0000

I would expect the 2013 coins will have 5 stars and they will also be standalone stars, with a raised center point, and the “America’s Star” has the circle around it. I think both are attractive stars and I wouldn’t mind seeing one so soon after the other. The “America’s Star” lends itself very nicely to frosting (mirror finish the empty areas) so I’m looking forward to the mint not screwing it up.

Too bad we couldn’t get some original tattered looking stars and stripes above Fort McHenry on the star spangled banner gold coins.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:51:26 +0000

I wonder if we’ll end up with “star” coins in both 2013 and 2015. I believe next year is slated to showcase the 5-star general commemorative coins. I can’t imagine the CFA / CCAC would select designs featuring a star in 2013, knowing that two years later the commems are mandated to feature a star as well – at least I’m hoping they’ll keep that in mind during the selection process.

I’m not sure this is the venue for venting your quibbles about the national healthcare policy george.

Jim – I agree it is too bad the lawmakers had to step in to mandate creativity! I’m very interested to see what kind of designs those considerations will produce.

By: jim

jim — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:56:32 +0000

I believe it is. Apparently even the lawmakers are getting tired of the dumb designs the mint has been coming up with lately. It’s too bad that the mint can’t hire people with classy ideas and some imagination and instead has to be told to imitate designers of 100 yrs ago. Of course there’s little one can do when the design is already dictated to have “America’s Star” on it already. I think using a full sized star in deep cameo on the silver $1 coin would look really terrific, and not bad on the $5 gold coin too.

By: george glazener

george glazener — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:18:21 +0000

And of course, every American will be mandated by law to purchase one of these products or face a fine. Something about the commerce clause, I believe it’s called..??

Don’t want to comply? Well, the newly expanded IRS will just hunt you down or take it out of your checking acct automatically. It’s really the only fair way to sell coins after all.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:44:39 +0000

I like the inclusion of this text in the law:

(4) REALISTIC AND HISTORICALLY ACCURATE DEPICTIONS – The images for the designs of coins issued under this Act shall be selected on the basis of the realism and historical accuracy of the images and on the extent to which the images are reminiscent of the dramatic and beautiful artwork on coins of the so -called ‘Golden Age of Coinage’ in the United States, at the beginning of the 20th Century, with the participation of such noted sculptors and medallic artists as James Earle Fraser, Augustus Saint -Gaudens, Victor David Brenner, Adolph A. Weinman, Charles E. Barber, and George T. Morgan.

Is that new language as far as commemorative coin legislation is concerned?