Congress authorized a new comm coin

mrdq

According to noon news a 9/11 coin set will be struck and the first issues going to surviving family members.


tom

kieferscoins

What denomination? Content? Designs? Did they tell any more?

Cameron Kiefer

Russ

I hope they come up with a design worthy of the event they are commemorating. I'd hate to see anything less then spectacular for something as tragic as the loss of so many lives and the ripping apart of so many families.

Russ, NCNE

Placid

authorized I guess means they have no design yet just the authorization to create one.

mrdq

go to www.paulharvey.com after 2 est. they have the broadcast online. I don't remember the denominations, i was half listening then it was over.

tom

BBN

Then the first one's will be slabbed by ICG w/ a comment on the slab "Family Member Specimen" and be sold on ebay for $25,000

barrytrot

Lord, please don't let any grader but PCGS and possibly NGC get ahold of these. That would be horrific. Its bad enough seeing "Binion ACG dollars".

I definitely agree with BBN though that these "family issued" coins will definitely command a tremendous premium. Hey they deserve it!

BBN

True

steventheyn

There were dozens of bills for 9-11 commems and medals waiting for a vote in congress. There were some bills that called for some strange things. I hope they picked a good one.

mact

It was a tragic event but there has been a lot of money for these families. I don't think they need a coin with a great premium. Why not then issue a coin for the family of everyone killed in the military, or in the line of duty, or by a drunk, etc.... If there was a premium the it sounds like a form of subsidy.

matt

Simple

What are we commemorating? Did something triumphant happen that day? We celebrate joyous events (Olympics, World Cups), people, landmarks and such but I don’t think 9-11 was exactly a day I look back on fondly. I can see why we recognize WWII (we won and Europe was able to remain free), the Civil War, etc and realize we even commemorate not so joyous events (Vietnam war, Prisoners of War) but there is just something about making a coin out of a date where a bunch of terrorists slammed planes into the ground and we have not yet succeeded at beating them that makes me think we should hold off on this.

airplanenut

<< <i>Lord, please don't let any grader but PCGS and possibly NGC get ahold of these. That would be horrific. Its bad enough seeing "Binion ACG dollars". I definitely agree with BBN though that these "family issued" coins will definitely command a tremendous premium. Hey they deserve it! >>



I would hope family memebers don't sell the coins... they are to keep a memory alive, not to gain a profit... I hope people realize the coin has more value than the money it could bring.

windwhispersintrees

I agree with Simple.
But, they'll make it commemorating heroism or courage.
BUT PLEASE, I fervently hope they do not use that hackneyed image of the firefighters raising the flag amid the ruins. How about letting an artist do something original!

kranky

I agree with Simple - what is there to "commemorate"? A big black eye for the US? I don't like this idea for a coin.

IIRC, when this idea was being tossed around a few months ago there was talk of making gold coins solely for family members but they didn't know how to determine who should receive the coin. One coin per victim? Who should that be if there's no surviving spouse? One coin per immediate family member of each victim? Hey, that's not fair to the small families!

Conder101

The last front line bill I saw was going to give one free one oz gold commemorative to the next of kin of each person that died. Then they would strike 25,000 more of them for sale to collectors with a surcharge added to each of them to pay for all the free ones they gave away.

FIRE760

<< <i>What are we commemorating? q]
The bravery of the firefighters & police officers who went running in while everyone was running out!