FA: VIP Sacagawea - James Benfield / Coin Coalition Strike
Phil Barnhart
late head of the Coin Coalition and the father of the Sacagawea
dollar. These "first strikes" were done on a special press at a
ceremony held at the Philadelphia Mint on November 18, 1999. Less
than 600 strikes were made, and it appears that the dies were
specially prepared.
Phil Barnhart
Richard Schumacher
If it were dated 1999 it would be more interesting :_>
WinWinscenario
>late head of the Coin Coalition and the father of the Sacagawea
>dollar.
Yesterday PCGS ran a story that they had signed up "war hero" Jessica Lynch to
do up to 100,000 (!) signed slabs for resale.
Is there really a market for this stuff? Who's the next instant celebrity to
get a deal, Juror #4?
Regards,
Tom
Bruce Hickmott
alleged to have written:
I'm trying to figure out her relationship to numismatics. is she a collector? if
it's just because she's famous, how about a few BTW halves signed by Jesse
Jackson? Olympic coins signed by actual athletes?
Wait, i've got it! Take a famous person, have them thumbprint a cameo proof then
slab it. In a few years, you've got a clear image of the celeb's thumbprint!
Bruce (ATTN PCGS: I was being sarcastic! DON'T do it, it's a silly idea)
Shystev99
>get a deal, Juror #4?
>
>Regards,
>Tom
>
My guess would be Richard Clarke, It'd give him the title to his next book.
"I Signed Sac Dollars and Bush Didn't"
Steve
Jorg Lueke
wrote:
ICG is using the last mint engraver.
WinWinscenario
>> celebrity to
>> get a deal, Juror #4?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tom
>
>ICG is using the last mint engraver.
>
tangential and logical connection between an engraver and his/her product.
This seems to me to be another attempt to crossover two hobbies, autograph
collecting and coin collecting, just like they have tried to do before with
coins and stamps and coins and baseball cards (remember the 1997 Jackie
Robinson set?)
But Jessica Lynch?
Regards,
Tom
Shystev99
>collecting and coin collecting, just like they have tried to do before with
>coins and stamps and coins and baseball cards (remember the 1997 Jackie
>Robinson set?)
>
>But Jessica Lynch?
>
>Regards,
>Tom
That what it seems to be to me as well, Matter of fact I'll go a step further
and bet that within the next 5 - 10 years they may make a strong effort to
change the commorative coin law that states only deceased people can be put on
commemorative coinage, If they change it to living they could have the very
person signing the coin that appears on the coin.
I think that's where this all my be headed.
But maybe i'm wrong.
Steve
Bruce Hickmott
written:
>>This seems to me to be another attempt to crossover two hobbies, autograph
Shriver sure opened a can of worms, didn't she? Given the politics of the time,
i wonder if Liz Dole could have been pictured for her work with the Red Cross.
Certainly, she's just as deserving. Even though she a republican.
And would Shriver have been there if not for the Kennedy influence in the
senate?
We'll never know....
Bruce
L. C. Oliver
legislation?
Hmmm. SOS, though.
