***Poll: Would you be in favor of the Mint making commemorative coins for the Pro Football Hall of F
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On first blush, I really hate this idea......like the NFL needs more funding?
What would be on the coins????
I have to assume the Pro Football Hall of Fame is underfunded by the NFL, maybe someone here knows the story.
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By Sabrina Eaton, The Plain Dealer
Football greats kick off plan for Hall of Fame commemorative coins
Gridiron greats including former Cleveland Brown Bobby Mitchell are throwing their support to a plan for the U.S. Mint to sell gold and silver commemorative coins whose proceeds would benefit the Pro- Football Hall of Fame.
The plan sponsored by Wadsworth Republican Rep. Jim Renacci and GOP U.S. Sen. Rob Portman of Cincinnati would raise money to preserve the seven million football artifacts the museum in Canton has gathered and help it collect more.
Wadsworth Republican Rep. Jim Renacci and former San Diego
Chargers tight end Kellen Winslow - now the athletic director
at Ohio's Central State University - pitch the need to issue
commemorative coins to benefit Canton's Pro Football Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame CEO George Veras said the amount of money the program would generate for the museum would depend on whether the coins proved popular among collectors.
"It will help the hall and help football," Portman said after a Capitol Hill press conference where he and Renacci were joined by Hall-of-Famers Mitchell, Kellen Winslow, Warren Moon, Bruce Smith and Floyd Little.
"As the Pro-Football Hall of Fame's representative here in Congress, it is deeply important for me to insure its financial health going forward," Renacci told the press conference. "The hall remains not just a Canton, Ohio attraction . . . but a national landmark."
Renacci and Portman said their bill would not cost taxpayers a cent.
If their bill were to become law, the U.S. Mint would issue no more than 50,000 $5 gold coins, no more than 400,000 $1 silver coins, and no more than 750,000 half-dollar coins during 2016.
The coins would be sold to collectors for amounts significantly above their face value. In addition to covering the cost of designing and issuing the coins, the coins' price would include a surcharge that would go to the Hall of Fame.
There would be a $35 surcharge on each gold coin, $10 on each silver one, and $5 for each half-dollar coin.
Hall-of-Famers at the event emphasized the institution's educational outreach programs, and how the appearances they make help youngsters realize that persistance and completing their educations will help them become successful.
"You want them to know that this is a long process," said Mitchell, who currently resides in the Washington, D.C., area, but still visits Cleveland several times a year to catch up with his former next door neighbor, Cleveland political institution Arnold Pinckney. "Hall of Famers have gone through the process."
"It's a character builder," Winslow said of the discipline required for athletic success. Winslow, a former tight end for the San Diego Chargers, currently serves as athletic director at Ohio's Central State University.
If the bill passes, the coins would go on sale in 2016. Renacci and Portman were optimistic their bill would acquire enough support in both the House and Senate to become law without difficulty.
The more than 200 House cosponsors of Renacci's bill include Ohio Republicans Steve Chabot and Jean Schmidt of the Cincinnati area, Steve Stivers and Patrick Tiberi of the Columbus area, Bob Gibbs of Holmes County, Bill Johnson of Marietta, Steve LaTourette of Bainbridge Township and Bob Latta of Bowling Greene. Its Democratic cosponsors include Marcia Fudge of Warrensville Heights, Marcy Kaptur of Toledo, Dennis Kucinich of Cleveland and Tim Ryan of Niles.
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What would be on the coins????
I have to assume the Pro Football Hall of Fame is underfunded by the NFL, maybe someone here knows the story.
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By Sabrina Eaton, The Plain Dealer
Football greats kick off plan for Hall of Fame commemorative coins
Gridiron greats including former Cleveland Brown Bobby Mitchell are throwing their support to a plan for the U.S. Mint to sell gold and silver commemorative coins whose proceeds would benefit the Pro- Football Hall of Fame.
The plan sponsored by Wadsworth Republican Rep. Jim Renacci and GOP U.S. Sen. Rob Portman of Cincinnati would raise money to preserve the seven million football artifacts the museum in Canton has gathered and help it collect more.
Wadsworth Republican Rep. Jim Renacci and former San Diego
Chargers tight end Kellen Winslow - now the athletic director
at Ohio's Central State University - pitch the need to issue
commemorative coins to benefit Canton's Pro Football Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame CEO George Veras said the amount of money the program would generate for the museum would depend on whether the coins proved popular among collectors.
"It will help the hall and help football," Portman said after a Capitol Hill press conference where he and Renacci were joined by Hall-of-Famers Mitchell, Kellen Winslow, Warren Moon, Bruce Smith and Floyd Little.
"As the Pro-Football Hall of Fame's representative here in Congress, it is deeply important for me to insure its financial health going forward," Renacci told the press conference. "The hall remains not just a Canton, Ohio attraction . . . but a national landmark."
Renacci and Portman said their bill would not cost taxpayers a cent.
If their bill were to become law, the U.S. Mint would issue no more than 50,000 $5 gold coins, no more than 400,000 $1 silver coins, and no more than 750,000 half-dollar coins during 2016.
The coins would be sold to collectors for amounts significantly above their face value. In addition to covering the cost of designing and issuing the coins, the coins' price would include a surcharge that would go to the Hall of Fame.
There would be a $35 surcharge on each gold coin, $10 on each silver one, and $5 for each half-dollar coin.
Hall-of-Famers at the event emphasized the institution's educational outreach programs, and how the appearances they make help youngsters realize that persistance and completing their educations will help them become successful.
"You want them to know that this is a long process," said Mitchell, who currently resides in the Washington, D.C., area, but still visits Cleveland several times a year to catch up with his former next door neighbor, Cleveland political institution Arnold Pinckney. "Hall of Famers have gone through the process."
"It's a character builder," Winslow said of the discipline required for athletic success. Winslow, a former tight end for the San Diego Chargers, currently serves as athletic director at Ohio's Central State University.
If the bill passes, the coins would go on sale in 2016. Renacci and Portman were optimistic their bill would acquire enough support in both the House and Senate to become law without difficulty.
The more than 200 House cosponsors of Renacci's bill include Ohio Republicans Steve Chabot and Jean Schmidt of the Cincinnati area, Steve Stivers and Patrick Tiberi of the Columbus area, Bob Gibbs of Holmes County, Bill Johnson of Marietta, Steve LaTourette of Bainbridge Township and Bob Latta of Bowling Greene. Its Democratic cosponsors include Marcia Fudge of Warrensville Heights, Marcy Kaptur of Toledo, Dennis Kucinich of Cleveland and Tim Ryan of Niles.
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This cause getting a commemorative coin means some other worthy group won't get one that year. This sounds more like a congressman's pet cause than an appropriate reason for a commem.
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I've been to the Hall of Fame. Cool museum if you like the sport. Adult admission is currently $21. They have a large gift shop. They fill their stadium at $35-70 a pop for the enshrinement ceremonies, and then again at $52-72 each for an early pre-season game. If they want to raise money from people that want to buy coins, they should put an elongated cent machine in their gift shop.
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<< <i>Sure, why not? >>
Because it frivolous.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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Then I'd like to get slabbed IN the original government packaging and outer mailing box, with the notation "before first strike" (it's from the future, after all) and all the best slab features: gold shield plus secure plus +, Star *, PR, DCAM, RD, and then get it sent to somewhere else to get both a green bean and gold bean, also a smiley face, peace sign, and spider-man stickers.
Ahhh, numismatic nirvana!
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<< <i>"before first strike" >>
No.
In portrait?
No.
Gayle Sayers?
No.
To sum up, No.
they apply for government assistance?
No.
<< <i>If there's a jock on the obverse, I say NO. The reverse wouldn't be as bad. >>
How about a cup?
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I'm not anti-NFL just think there are too many sports to honor.
ooops, sorry ballroom dancing crowd.... you can have a sports coin, too. Can't argue the weight loss of those dancing with the stars.
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Let them strike a football shaped coin and I'll change my vote.
<< <i>If they are going to commemorate hobbies, fine, but knitting and woodworking should come before NFL. >>
Why not a commemorative coin for numismatics and coin collecting? Has any country ever done this?
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
stamp collecting?
coin collecting?
Next thing up will be a commem for illustrious companies like Gubbermint Motors, Chrysler, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the banks, etc.
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<< <i>Let them strike a football shaped coin and I'll change my vote. >>
Great idea!
Why the heck should the Lithuanians have all the fun?
Can't wait wait for the baseball issue with high relief stitching.
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