Staying away from the 2015 UHR Gold High Relief only because it is not a classic design. You can not compare this one to the 2009 UHR classic design. I think this one will flop. I could be wrong, but it an entirely new design and they tend not to do very well. We shall see. I could be wrong, but won't put $1700 in the gold version. I might buy the silver but only in an NGC 70.
<< <i>The length of that list gives me a headache. I don't think that any collector should feel obligated to keep up with the all stuff that is on that list. Like the post office, the mint is now issuing too much stuff because most collectors are just going to throw up their hands, say "Enough!!" and buy none of it.
It's interesting that this is the year of Lyndon Johnson who is one of my least favorite presidents. That old fool got us up to our eyeballs in the dreadful Vietnam War where thousands of young men were killed or maimed for no good end. He also started the push to put the welfare state into overdrive more to garner more votes for himself than anything else. He was a gross, no class individual who thought was cool to go potty while he was talking to people in the bathroom. The Kennedy people offered the vice presidency to him thinking that he wouldn't take it. He did and events sadly lead to him into the White House. Jackie Kennedy called him "Colonel Corn Pone," and that was a polite name for him. Lyndon Johnson should only be remembered as a lesson about the kind of man who should never have become president.
And yes, I will not be buying one of the Johnson Chronicles sets. I'll hold my nose and buy a silver Proof set with the LBJ dollar in it. >>
My sentiments exactly, Bill. And one of his worst offensive actions was to insist on a swearing-in on AF One, drag Jackie into the picture with her blood-stained coat while she was still in shock, all for an unnecessary photo-op to show who's boss. When JFK was pronounced dead, he automatically assumed the position of President.
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Meanwhile, I don't think BillJones was quite clear enough about his feelings about LBJ. Could you elaborate more?
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<< <i>The length of that list gives me a headache.
It's interesting that this is the year of Lyndon Johnson who is one of my least favorite presidents. That old fool got us up to our eyeballs in the dreadful Vietnam War where thousands of young men were killed or maimed for no good end. He also started the push to put the welfare state into overdrive more to garner more votes for himself than anything else. He was a gross, no class individual who thought was cool to go potty while he was talking to people in the bathroom. The Kennedy people offered the vice presidency to him thinking that he wouldn't take it. He did and events sadly lead to him into the White House. Jackie Kennedy called him "Colonel Corn Pone," and that was a polite name for him. Lyndon Johnson should only be remembered as a lesson about the kind of man who should never have become president.
And yes, I will not be buying one of the Johnson Chronicles sets. I'll hold my nose and buy a silver Proof set with the LBJ dollar in it. >>
My sentiments exactly, Bill. And one of his worst offensive actions was to insist on a swearing-in on AF One, drag Jackie into the picture with her blood-stained coat while she was still in shock, all for an unnecessary photo-op to show who's boss. When JFK was pronounced dead, he automatically assumed the position of President.
Vietnam Vet 1968-1969