Comments on: 2023 American Innovation Dollar for Louisiana Release

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:49:49 +0000

In reply to Bert Clayton. Bert, I surmise that our beloved Military Industrial Complex is now adding states coin designs to its charge. You sound very knowledgeable about life in the great State of Louisiana and I'd also prefer to see the Brown Pelican on the coin..couldn't the mosquito also be added?

By: Bert Clayton

Bert Clayton — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 21:22:12 +0000

Personally the Higgins boat was a fine design, the PT Boat, but I do not go for war and the opening of this gate on the barge makes me think of images of soldiers of European decent running for their lives, getting shot as the door opened, others swimming and getting shot dead floating in the water. Compare that to the Lafitte Skiff that’s fast and so common, or the pirouette used to trap, fish and hunt the Atchafalaya Basin. How about a Lafitte Skiff that’s very common in Louisiana and is what many folks have used to make a living. Or the crawfish which every year people trap and buy huge numbers for crawfish boils as a festivity, that then becomes etouffe’ or crawfish pie? Then alligators are common to South Louisiana. North Louisiana has its own life, similiar to other Southern states. Otherwords, use the positive aspects of Louisiana life. As the Lafitte Skiff is typically fast. It’s a part of Cajun culture. Or, The R.C.A. logo, which stands for Registered Coonass. Which many were proud to carry, until others consider it derogatory. Just saying. Then The Brown Pelican is the state bird, though with competition from mosquitoes. A pelican is much more positive than the mosquito, but the mosquito is an important life there.

By: Dazed and Coinfused

Dazed and Coinfused — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 01:53:39 +0000

In reply to Tom. Too bad it wasn't the Indian gold coin, you could have had Buffalo chips

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 23:38:52 +0000

In reply to Tom. I did get a Bessie Coleman in change today. Small die chip on letter A of Coleman, but then any of these quarters seem to have different die chips

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 17:53:35 +0000

This happened the last time an item was released, either no sales (which seems unlikely) or no update by the mint. Probably tomorrow morning you will get an accurate value. It is too bad things don’t seem to be updating. As a side note, yesterday the available under subscription was over 300 (at least for Philadelphia), so to get to the 1135 available today things went up around 800, or roughly 10% of the total mintage. this seems to confirm the idea that 90% are made available under subscription and 10% are held for the day of release