[Shotimes] Interesting coin on eBay

[Jon Heese]

Yup.  To me, when viewed with the other coins, it does make sense.

Regards,
Jon Heese

van Oss wrote:
> Okay, looking at the other cars being stamped, it's not so terribly odd that 
> the Taurus would be included.  If you go back and look at   1) Ford's 
> situation in the mid 80's and  2) what the other US makers were offering in 
> '86, it's not too hard to believe that the Taurus was one of Ford's more 
> important introductions.
> VO
> 
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> The Taurus is not the only one  - there's a complete set of 18:
> http://tinyurl.com/nq6hw
> 
> 
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> 
>>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
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