Comments on: 2018 WWI Centennial Silver Dollars Minted in Ceremonial Event

By: knoozj

knoozj — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 22:11:38 +0000

Really interesting to see how the U.S. Mint honored the WWI centennial with such a meaningful design. The combination of the soldier and the poppies in the wire is powerful – it captures both the sacrifice and the memory in one coin. It’s great to know that part of the proceeds also goes to support memorial projects.

By: kenneth rowland

kenneth rowland — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 19:22:46 +0000

In reply to Seth Riesling. very nice and beautiful coin,way to go us mint.

By: Seth Riesling

Seth Riesling — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 15:38:26 +0000

jim & Tinto & Paul Price –

You all make some very good & interesting critiques of this horrible obverse coin design (i actually like the reverse design though). President Theodore Roosevelt said that the coin designs of U.S. Mint Chief Engraver Charles Barber (the Barber dime, quarter & half dollar) were “atrociously hideous”! I think he may have had a lot to say about this atrocious obverse design selected by a nationwide juried competition. Is this really the best design that was submitted by the top artists in the USA!?
I will not purchase this commemorative $1 coin or the five coin & medal sets from the Mint. I will wait for dealers to get the five different U.S. Armed Forces silver medals in stock & purchase them raw or graded depending on the secondary market price from my favorite “modern” U.S. coin & medal dealers. I like the idea & designs of the 5 silver medals & they will make a nice set, even though the Mint will not be getting my money on this program since they refuse to sell the silver medals separately.

Happy collecting everyone!

-NumisdudeTX

By: Tinto

Tinto — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 07:36:16 +0000

@jim

I read somewhere that the CCAC only sent 3 reps to the Mint’s juried design competition and all three were political appointees!! So apparently CCAC was not given the designs to comment upon and recommend. This coin is so bad the Mint has to pair it with the medals (which look way way better) in order to goose what will probably be pitiful sales.

By: jim

jim — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 18:15:56 +0000

Paul Price
Good review of the design. Isn’t the CCAC supposed to review and decide on recommendations for coin designs? Maybe they didn’t for this one or nobody cared enough to research themselves or knew enough to point out those glaring errors. Reviewing the designs of a commemorative coin law enacted by Congress should be required for at least the authors of the bill as well. But then again they’re probably so intent on blocking their political counterparts’ activities and raising money for their next election they can’t be bothered.

By: Paul Price

Paul Price — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 19:29:00 +0000

I can’t believe they actually minted this coin. Terrible obverse design doesn’t even look like a Doughboy. Everything is wrong, what an embarrassment for the Mint to issue such a mess, The helmet, the uniform. the eyes, the nose, the left handed soldier holding the right handed Springfield rifle incorrectly. Looks like he is running away and not charging. A complete mess / a failure of a design. Who is running the US Mint, someone who does not know anything about WWI and what a Doughboy’s uniform and helmet looks like. Another massive embarrassment for the US Mint. What an awful looking obverse, please no more ugly incorrect designs.

By: Chas Barber

Chas Barber — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 22:39:23 +0000

Tinto, I think so, or he used a bad shot of Curly Howard. The mint’s last few subject for commems [Congress’ call) & the designs were/are quite weak. As I said the medal have some fantastic designs, this coin is awful? Why not Sgt. York or Blackjack Pershing or something else real, we got Father FLannigan for boys town, thi artist with a crooked nose on the WW1 coin. @ $50 a coin for <1oz of silver come on…..and by the way what happened to the .999 coins auithorized a couple of years ago, we still have .9oo's…….even a special .999 proof COIN might sell well, they gotta do something…maybe release some silver coin$ into circulation to make people L00K…..hmmmmm

By: Tinto

Tinto — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 20:47:37 +0000

And the Mint posted a photo of the “artist” posing with the reverse of the coin … thereby making a direct comparison between his and the “soldier’s” likeness a little harder. One (like myself) would have just looked at the photo and moved on .. but I think the Mint might see the similarity too and did not publish that shot .. sad!

By: Tinto

Tinto — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 19:52:01 +0000

@Chas Barber

Yeah, now that you mention it. it looks like the so called artist/designer LeRoy maybe he did a self portrait. probably took a selfie and worked from there. I am astounded that this self promotion got past the 3 CCAC political appointees who judged the contest, along with others …. and to rub salt in the wound of those wishing to get the medals instead of this POS “coin” are forced to buy a coin for each medal!! The Mint obviously is aware they got a coin that s*cks big time and need to goose up the sales by forcing folks to buy one for each medal purchased. Good o’l monopoly power at work ..

By: jim

jim — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 19:14:05 +0000

I would much rather see an end of war commemorative $1 than a start of war coin