Comments on: First Impression: Washington Gold Dollar

By: Penny Saved

Penny Saved — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:39:30 +0000

Yep, it’s sort of an all or nothing kind of deal. They can’t very well exclude just a few presidents - after all, who would decide who does or doesn’t make the cut?

By: TM

TM — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:10:00 +0000

Joel, you are delusional if you think he won’t. The golden dollar program commemorates ALL non-living presidents, not just the ones you think are good. In fact, that might be a good collecting strategy… to line up the “bad” presidents. You have to admit, love him or hate him, the Nixon dollar will be a strange sight. Or the LBJ dollar, haha. This is going to be great!

By: Bit Guru

Bit Guru — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:42:13 +0000

In my review of the coin I didn’t think to scruitinize the face itself. I’m not sure why–it is rather poor, isn’t it. I like the coin overall, though.

By: Joe Wenzel

Joe Wenzel — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:56:16 +0000

You are delusional if you think Jimmy Carter would ever get a Presidential Coin in anyone’s lifetime. He sold the Shah of Iran out, which led to the students in Iran taking over. Which in-turn led to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan since the U.S. was no longer stationed inside Afghan’s borders. The Soviet Invasion led to the formation of the mujadeen (sic) fighters which overthrew the Soviets. These fighters were now listless and rudderless without a fight and soon morphed into the Taliban and Al Quaeda. Iran has state-sponsored terrorism. All the aforementioned items most likely would not have occured if Carter had supported the Shah (let’s not forget he gutted the American Military) and our forces still would have been (and probably to this day) still on Iranian soil. The 8 year Iran/Iraq war in the 1980’s would not have occured and thusly nor would the 1990 Desert Storm War. This 1990/1991 conflict led to our forces being substantially inside Saudi Arabia (more than the token amount that was there prior) which irked the likes of Bin Laden. So taking it to its conclusion 9/11 never would have occured, nor would the current Iraq fiasco if Carter had supported the government in Iran back in 1978/9. I blame Carter for the mess the world is in now. We seem to overlook his failings as a President (don’t forget the 13% inflation rate) because he hammers a few boards together for Habitat for Humanity and sits around and watches people drop ballots into ballot boxes. Though I should probably just as pissed off at Nixon for the Watergate Fiasco, because if that didn’t happen the American people never would have voted for Carter as a backlash against any Republican candidate.

By: Marshall Middle

Marshall Middle — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:21:03 +0000

I agree these new gold dollars will be more for collectors than for general public use.