Korea War Memorial...Modern Commemorative.

OneCent

Anybody else like this modern commemorative issue?



Evidently not as I picked this one up basically at melt.

pauljuno

I like them as well and do collect them, but a lousy investment.

GritsMan

I like the map part, especially. I just noticed that it's a "Thirty-eighth" anniversary. That seems very odd, doesn't it? Is there a special story on that?

ahooka454

i dont have one yet, but i like them very much.

OneCent

<< <i>I like the map part, especially. I just noticed that it's a "Thirty-eighth" anniversary. That seems very odd, doesn't it? Is there a special story on that? >>



I thought the same thing at first. I believe that the 38th parallel is the line of demarcation separating North and South Korea. Still a strange date of commemoration.

TomB

I had originally thought that the 38th anniversary aspect of this was a reflection of the 38th parallel, but later read that the anniversary was dictated by the timetable of expiration of the legislation authorizing this coin.

OneCent

<< <i>i dont have one yet, but i like them very much. >>






They won't be worth anything for 50 years...but then lookout!!! I'm tellin' ya these things have long-term potential, the only thing is long-term is VERY long term.

bidask

The Korean coin collector is a growing base. Can't go wrong at melt. I own a 1970 1000 won and paid some discount from Krause and am holding it.

Mark

TomB is right. My recollection from when the coin was issued is that some group needed/wanted money and managed to get someone in the government to pass the legislation. The fact it was the 38th and the 38th parallel was apparently coincidental.

I like the eagle on the reverse. But I think the obverse is a GREAT example of why the mint is now using outside artists to help design coins. I rank the obverse as among the worst obverse designs I've seen. To me, it looks like someone had access to clip art.

ozzyfan269

It is a horrible amateurishly executed design. It is one of the worst moderns to date. Pure rubbish.

ElKevvo

I like the F-86's...

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John737

Ditto. The F-86's are cool.

RWB

One of the worst commemorative coin designs! A hodgepodge of committee-driven pap with grade-school lettering dumped on a coin to catch a price. Worthy of a below-melt price due to potential for this much “ugly” contaminating other coins. Makes one long for the cluttered imbecility of Maine Centennial or Iowa – even the awful reality of Eunice Shriver’s portrait.

CoinHusker

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<< <i>i dont have one yet, but i like them very much. >>






They won't be worth anything for 50 years...but then lookout!!! I'm tellin' ya these things have long-term potential, the only thing is long-term is VERY long term.

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It may not take that long. All the kids that collect state quarters now, when they grow up and come back to the hobby MAY look to modern commems to collect. JMHO

ksteelheader

I just put that coin in my grandaughters type set.

fivecents

The Ying - Yang symbol on the reverse is .......
I also have bought quite a few at melt......LOVE the coin!!

fiftycom

These are much more eye-appealling when stored in the green display box in which the Eisenhower Commemorative was issued for a few years!

Omega

I own one. Every time I look at it it reminds me of my father-in-law opening up about some of what he saw as a combat medic in Korea as we drove home together from my cabin. It was one of the only times he talked about Korea in any detail. The coin will always stay in my collection because of that connection. BTW thanks Vets!