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Will or should the US Mint issue a special coin or medal commemorating the August 21 solar eclipse?
RogerB
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This year's solar eclipse is very close to home for most of us. The 70-mile-wide path of totality stretches from the Pacific to the Atlantic across the continental United States. Should there be some special US Mint medallic recognition or will private companies take care of this with creativity, grace, style, and accuracy?
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Who cares about a special coin or medal? Will there be a special label for coins holdered during the 90 minutes the total eclipse will be visible over the US?
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Eclipse Eagles in MS70 will be popping up with Silly price tags attached.
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Just my opinion, I would say no.....what would be next
Should we commemorate the fact that there will be no full moon in February of 2018?
On second thought, if it is a total solar eclipse, visible from the US...Maybe
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Please, NO additional coins or medals from the United States Mint! I think it is too late to have the idea submitted, and if it was submitted, approved, design contest finalized, etc, nobody would remember the date in 2017!
I think it is a great idea. The mint hardly sells enough NCLT. I would like to see them commemorate every eclipse in the future as well. And maybe they can just send them all to the TPGs to get fancy labels that can tell us how special these coins really are. Yes Roger, I think you are on the something here. Congrats on the fine insight.
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Ooooh, the sarcasm.....
Circulating commems, yes. Egregious markups from the Mint, no.
How about a commemorative of the rare "Snowy Egregious" -- it's an engendered specious.
I'm already working on a silver round for it.
Just sculpted most of the map for one side yesterday.
Perhaps a clipped planchet commem would be appropriate.
OK. Sounds like a good private medal project.
"Perhaps a clipped planchet commem would be appropriate." But that's only for a partial eclipse. Maybe a "diamond ring" version with a nice 2 ct sparkler? Maybe de Beers would fill orders from their overstock vault?
Are you going to include a "blackened sun" motif by terminally AT-ing the moon's silhouette with the aid of some sort of stencil?
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Potential finishing may include black rhodium plating on disc and/or hologram aurora.
"Corona." Maybe add a few prominences?
The USPS is making a solar eclipse stamp.
collectspace.com/ubb/Forum20/HTML/001219.html
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I think we're tapping into collectors' fatigue here with the Mint's prolific shenanigans.
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
Well, then -- how about a "prolific shenanigans" commemorative. Think of the fun an artist could have with that!
I would buy a well-designed Mint issue commemorating what is being touted as "The Great American Eclipse."
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Mistakes are natural. But repeated mistakes without reflection are something else. That may be the “stupidity” he was referring to. In research, he admitted uncertainty openly. “If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” This shows humility. Even a Nobel laureate accepted doubt. That humility makes the quote less cynical and more observational.
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August 21 yours truly **will ** be on the center line of the eclipse path in order to observe totality. Excellent idea,dcarr. I will buy an eclipse medal from you if the mint doesn't make one for collectors. It would be a proud addition to my Einstein collection.
"Two things are infinite: human stupidity and the universe; and I'm not sure about the universe."
-Albert Einstein-
Mistakes are natural. But repeated mistakes without reflection are something else. That may be the “stupidity” he was referring to. In research, he admitted uncertainty openly. “If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” This shows humility. Even a Nobel laureate accepted doubt. That humility makes the quote less cynical and more observational.
"Will or should the US Mint issue a special coin or medal commemorating the August 21 solar eclipse?"
Not in my opinion.
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Not exactly coins, but interesting.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/2017-total-solar-eclipse/forever-stamp-feature-amateur-astrophotos/