Coin Resurrection

What do y'all think of this US Mint decision to bring back silver dollars from the days of yore?

https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/congress-approves-design-centennial-2021-silver-dollars

(I don't like it, and would also object to cloning historical figures -- "Vote for Teddy Roosevelt in 2024" -- Not  :)

To me, its just like any other newer U.S. commemorative.

I'm happy that this actually made it through*. Restrikes like those are really neat, at least if done with updated dates (to avoid confusion with the originals).
I wonder if they would end up in the same Numista page as the originals if done to the same specifications...

IIRC, there was a problem with this series in that technically US commemoratives were limited to 2 series per year and the 2021 spots were already occupied. But in this case (again IIRC) someone managed to loophole it through that technically this wasn't actually a new commemorative but just a continuation of a pre-existing design (which, yes, hadn't been minted in nearly a century, but it was still legal tender).


*) pending signature, admittedly, which does dull the happiness a bit

I hope it will turn out better then the Japanese 1000 yen commemorative with a motive I like very much. It just looks hideous on the modern coin, the dragon looks kind of cheap as if the die was cut with a laser. Not to compare with the hand carved dies of old in my opinion.

Why not make them out of $1 worth of copper/nickel and release them into circulation? Just another useless money grab from our government.