Comments on: 2016 Reagan Dollar Design Recommended by CCAC and CFA

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:03:50 +0000

Not one of the Presidential dollars with the forward facing portrait has worked well! There is a reason that most coins in history have had a three quarter or side view of the face. Just look at the Abraham Lincoln dollar, forward facing and his nose looks smashed in. Just a little turn to the image goes a long way in improving the strike.
I agree with Munzen, after the Presidential series ends, how about putting the date back on the front of the Sacagawea dollar, make a coin again, not a medal! .

By: Kahoola

Kahoola — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 08:12:53 +0000

Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer’s. Nancy Reagan cared for him in his declining years, but even with lots of support had a difficult time. She has been and is a big supporter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Wonder if anybody has informed her that by autographing the slab grading papers she could raise a decent amount of funds for the association if she wanted to donate.

By: Munzen

Munzen — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 14:38:40 +0000

Joe – 94 years! That’s super. Go for 100!

But yes, Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia are the Terrible Thieves because they take away the mind while leaving the body. We endured the sad, painful declines of several relatives with dementia, so I definitely support the idea of targeting signature funds to the Alzheimer’s group.

By: Vachon

Vachon — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 19:43:14 +0000

A lot of the Presidential Dollars have creepy eyes when the coins get angled in the light. I’m guessing it has to do with the very low relief the coins are struck in. The same is true for the 2006-present Jefferson nickels. Perhaps if they had rounded the forward-facing busts a little more, the eyes would’ve fit in better with the designs…

By: JOE #2

JOE #2 — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 19:27:40 +0000

Congrats Joe on your moms 94th birthday…. many many more…..Beautiful to hear… My mom did pass in Feb. of 2007 from c.o.p.d., But i always thought of my mom and Nancy having been born the same year and month being the same age.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 07:56:00 +0000

Thanks, JOE#2. My mom will also be 94 in September and still lives in the home I grew up in on her own. She also loved Frank Sinatra maybe not as much as Nancy did. lol

By: Kahoola

Kahoola — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 07:26:54 +0000

Next thing is to ask Nancy Reagan to donate signature proceeds to the Alzheimer’s group. Sign the little grading papers, send to the grading service and VOILA! The signature of the live person on the slab. Bet there would be more than a few people willing to pay big bucks for that.

By: JOE #2

JOE #2 — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 23:50:02 +0000

Nancy ( god willing ) will be 94 this July 6th. Nancy was older than my mom by 9 days…
Nancy a great gal. Wish we had her as 1st lady and bring Ronnie back… They were the 2nd Camelot right next to John & Jackie,,,( with all the turmoil that happened ).

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 22:31:32 +0000

How old is Nancy Reagan?

By: Munzen

Munzen — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 15:17:23 +0000

Richard: As uninspired as I think the whole idea was to mint still more “dead presidents” coins, it’s not making a political statement. There’s controversy now only because the series has reached those presidents who served within recent memory. Otherwise the selections might have been made, for ex., by a panel of historians and citizens who would have knotted up the process by arguing the merits of Buchanan, Grant, Jackson, Harding, et. al. as well as Nixon and Reagan.

Once the series is over and done with, my 2¢ is to leave Sacajawea on the Native American series but move the date back to the now-blank expanse where it used to be. If another series is to accompany Ms. Sacajawea, make it a classic Liberty head or some other image that doesn’t engender partisanship.

Oh, and tell Crane Paper what it can do with its monopoly contract for $1 bill paper.