The New Presidential Dollar

TwoSides2aCoin · June 15, 2015 12:17AM

JFK Dollars.
Rest assured, there won't be a fiasco with this one. Or will there be ?
The presidential small dollar series just moves along, quietly.

I'm looking forward to completing this set (series) in the album. Just sayin'

Type2 · June 15, 2015 12:27AM

I'll pass..

LucyBop · June 15, 2015 12:40AM

Just when I thought they couldn't out ugly the hairyhead half dollar, then along comes this monstrosity....

brg5658 · June 15, 2015 1:07AM

TwoSides2aCoin · June 15, 2015 1:20AM

Keep 'em comin'

CaptHenway · June 15, 2015 1:38AM

That is an absolutely hideous image of JFK.

ricko · June 15, 2015 1:43AM

Horrible...in keeping with the entire series.... Cheers, RickO

cmerlo1 · June 15, 2015 2:13AM

An insult to his legacy, IMO.

TwoSides2aCoin · June 15, 2015 2:20AM

I was wondering about the "accented" suit.

TopographicOceans · June 15, 2015 3:45AM

<< Just when I thought they couldn't out ugly the hairyhead half dollar, then along comes this monstrosity.... >>

Where is Jackie O when you need her

DIMEMAN · June 15, 2015 5:16AM

I just can't find the words.........well I could........but won't.

johnny9434 · June 15, 2015 5:25AM

one series that i just never got into.

johnny9434 · June 15, 2015 5:27AM

johnny9434 · June 15, 2015 5:30AM

dib · June 15, 2015 5:48AM

Terrible image of JFK, who OK'd that... seriously?

dpoole · June 15, 2015 5:53AM

It's an interesting, thoughtful posture.

It just doesn't look like him, is all.

brg5658 · June 15, 2015 5:57AM

In case anyone is interested, here are the original design options for the JFK dollar.

DIMEMAN · June 15, 2015 6:18AM

In the name of everything that is HOLY please don't click on that link brg5658 posted!!!!

It will blind you!!!

Coinsponge · June 15, 2015 6:31AM

You would think the great Mint could make their coins look better than a gas station token given away with each fill up.

howards · June 15, 2015 6:35AM

<< In the name of everything that is HOLY please don't click on that link brg5658 posted!!!!

It will blind you!!! >>

It didn't blind me, but it made me spew what I was drinking through my nose. Some of those are just plain FUNNY. Too bad I wasn't reading the comics.

guitarwes · June 15, 2015 6:44AM

They had to work him up at this angle because if he was looking straight on his Conan O'Brien hair would be off the coin.

LindeDad · June 15, 2015 6:56AM

I thought it was copied from one of the Official Portraits of him?

And no I don't care for it that much, but it's not the only one.

CoinJunkie · June 15, 2015 11:18AM

<< In the name of everything that is HOLY please don't click on that link brg5658 posted!!!! >>

Wow, out of five designs, ONE vaguely resembled JFK and another one sort of looked like Jack crossed with Bobby.
Didn't recognize any of the other three gentlemen...

19Lyds · June 15, 2015 2:01PM

<< JFK Dollars.
Rest assured, there won't be a fiasco with this one. Or will there be ?
The presidential small dollar series just moves along, quietly.

I'm looking forward to completing this set (series) in the album. Just sayin' >>

Jackie Bug Eyes.

No thanks and quite frankly, I think the US Mint should be embarrassed aver this particular presentation.

In the proof set, the Kennedy Stands out because its the only one looking down. Ugh!

richbeat · June 15, 2015 4:00PM

Absolutely horrible! Doesn't look a thing like him.

lordmarcovan · June 15, 2015 4:28PM

Well, I'll be a contrarian and say I don't mind the portrait, much. The pensive, somewhat-downcast image of him is... well... different.

Not such a bad thing, IMHO.

I'm not saying I love it, but I don't hate it, either.

techwriter · June 15, 2015 4:48PM

Hmmmmmmmmm, Looks like he's either chewing something or has a mouthful of oatmeal(or something)
Of course, I'll have to have a few to complete the sets for the grandchildren. Oh well.

AU58Brew · June 15, 2015 5:01PM

<< Terrible image of JFK, who OK'd that... seriously? >>

Agreed!

BustHalfBrian · June 15, 2015 5:36PM

<< In case anyone is interested, here are the original design options for the JFK dollar.

>>

I wasn't around when he was president, but from the photos and videos I've seen of him, I would not know by looking at any of those sketches that it's JFK, however one sort of looks like his brother Bobby and another like Reagan.

coinkat · June 15, 2015 7:59PM

In all fairness, some the America the Beautiful quarters look decent.

This Presidential Dollar series just does not meet expectations. FDR looked bad... so does JFK. The comment about these looking like tokens from a gas station unfortunately is spot on.

Seriously... what happened to the art of creating decent portraits for coins and medals?

CoinZip · June 15, 2015 10:00PM

<< You would think the great Mint could make their coins look better than a gas station token given away with each fill up. >>

so true.....

Datentype · June 15, 2015 11:16PM

<< Well, I'll be a contrarian and say I don't mind the portrait, much. The pensive, somewhat-downcast image of him is... well... different. >>

+1

tahoe98 · June 16, 2015 12:16AM

Seriously... what happened to the art of creating decent portraits for coins and medals?

...Excellent question.

GForce1 · June 16, 2015 7:35AM

Despite his disability, JFK was one of the most energetic, vibrant and gifted presidents of the 20th century. The coin's designer has him looking down (not up) and appearing weary. Not a design I would have selected for such a celebrated president.

BustHalfBrian · June 16, 2015 7:42AM

<< Despite his disability, JFK... >>

What disability?

FullStrike · June 16, 2015 8:04AM

I had planned to get a $250 Box of those , to spend on Coffee, but after a bit of thought, maybe not.

Maybe I'll get the LBJ Coin, that one looks like the old man on that Pawn Stars show.

Mick65 · June 16, 2015 9:02AM

To me it's the best of the available options

MsMorrisine · June 16, 2015 10:35AM

My first impression is one I can't stop thinking.

Where's the sights?

ckrakowski · June 16, 2015 11:06AM

<< In the name of everything that is HOLY please don't click on that link brg5658 posted!!!!

It will blind you!!! >>

well i clicked it. i would have gone with either 4 or 5. 3 looks like he has a little jimmy carter mixed in.

ckrakowski · June 16, 2015 11:09AM

<< 

<< Despite his disability, JFK... >>

What disability? >>

he had a really bad back and was required to wear a back brace.

19Lyds · June 16, 2015 11:45AM

<< Absolutely horrible! Doesn't look a thing like him.

>>

Agree. They appear to have taken every identifiable "caricature" feature, and put it on a coin.

The US Mint Designers and sculptors need to put a can of RAID into the operating system they're using to create this crap. Get back to the plaster molds you lazy schleps.

jmski52 · June 16, 2015 11:49AM

JFK had a back brace because of a broken back and he also had Addison's disease and was receiving injections of vitamins, speed, cortisone and painkillers. The public didn't know much of this at the time.

None of those portraits do JFK justice.

19Lyds · June 16, 2015 11:51AM

<< Well, I'll be a contrarian and say I don't mind the portrait, much. The pensive, somewhat-downcast image of him is... well... different.

Not such a bad thing, IMHO.

I'm not saying I love it, but I don't hate it, either. >>

"Different"? It appears to have been modeled after his official White House Portrait...................in a cartoony sort of way.

(Inage flipped horizontally)

jmski52 · June 16, 2015 11:54AM

The White House portrait doesn't depict him as being cross-eyed and despondent.

BustHalfBrian · June 16, 2015 3:51PM

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<< Despite his disability, JFK... >>

What disability? >>

he had a really bad back and was required to wear a back brace. >>

Interesting! They didn't teach us that in college history.

tahoe98 · June 17, 2015 12:44AM

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<< Despite his disability, JFK... >>

What disability? >>

...I believe his sister Rose Marie had a disability.

ckrakowski · June 17, 2015 3:17PM

<< 

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<< Despite his disability, JFK... >>

What disability? >>

he had a really bad back and was required to wear a back brace. >>

Interesting! They didn't teach us that in college history. >>

he also had addisons.

JFK health issues.

renman95 · June 17, 2015 3:23PM

<< 

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<< Despite his disability, JFK... >>

What disability? >>

he had a really bad back and was required to wear a back brace. >>

Interesting! They didn't teach us that in college history. >>

he also had addisons.

JFK health issues. >>

A dose of MM, although not a cure, helped with the pain.

pf70collector · June 17, 2015 10:25PM

I will collect it through the spouse and medal sets.

sanitarium1inmate · June 18, 2015 1:42AM

The reverse proof should have frosted hair, so maybe we might see what he would have looked like as an older man. Kris

CaptHenway · June 18, 2015 1:45AM

<< 

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<< Despite his disability, JFK... >>

What disability? >>

he had a really bad back and was required to wear a back brace. >>

Interesting! They didn't teach us that in college history.

>>

It was common knowledge that his back was injured during WW2 when a Japanese destroyer rammed his boat, PT-109, and cut it in half. He never fully recovered from the war wound.

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