[Shotimes] Interesting coin on eBay

Jon Heese shotimes@jonheese.com
Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:40:42 -0500


Yeah, I can see that point.  If it were a "milestones" commemorative, I 
wouldn't have questioned it.  But it seems to be solely commemorating 
the 100th anniversary, so I'd expect something more related to the year 
itself...

Regards,
Jon Heese

van Oss wrote:
> Maybe not so odd.  The '86 Taurus supposedly saved the corporate bacon and 
> it did win COTY.
> 
> On an anniversary commemoration like that, I'd expect them to depict big 
> introductions such as the '48 F-series (or '53 F-150), '55 T-bird, '64.5 
> Mustang, '86 Taurus, and '91 Explorer.  Something like that.
> 
> VO
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> Odd that they used the '86-'91 model year on a coin commemorating Ford's
> 100 year anniversary in 2003.  You'd think they'd put a Gen4 on there...
> Regards,
> Jon Heese