ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2016, A LIMITED EDITION $13 PEACE COIN HONORING D.W. GRIFFITH WOULD BE RELEASED INTO CIRCULATION, ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS SILENT ERA EPIC FILM INTOLERANCE ; THIS WOULD INAUGURATE THE LIMITED EDITION PEACE COIN SERIES, SET TO HONOR GREAT AMERICAN ARTISTS OF ALL GENRES, FROM WRITERS AND POETS, TO COMPOSERS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS, VISUAL ARTISTS AND FILM DIRECTORS. THE FOLLOWING IS A PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF THIS LIMITED EDITION SERIES ( WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE THIRTEEN NATURAL WONDERS OF AMERICA AS WELL ) THRU THE YEAR 2070 : 2016 D.W. GRIFFITH FILM DIRECTOR / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " INTOLERANCE " 2017 HENRY DAVID THOREAU WRITER & PHILOSOPHER / 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH 2018 THEDA BARA SILENT FILM ACTRESS / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " SALOMÉ " 2019 WALT WHITMAN POET & ESSAYIST / 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH 2020 MAN RAY PHOTOGRAPHER & VISUAL ARTIST / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " WOMAN " 2021 LADY LIBERTY 1OOTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGINAL 1921 PEACE DOLLAR ** 2022 OLD FAITHFUL 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK / ( 1ST IN THE " NATURAL WONDERS OF AMERICA " SERIES ) 2023 MARCEL DUCHAMP VISUAL ARTIST / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " LE GRAND VERRE " 2024 GEORGE GERSHWIN COMPOSER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " RHAPSODY IN BLUE " 2025 F. SCOTT FITZGERALD NOVELIST & WRITER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " THE GREAT GATSBY " 2026 TSE BIT' AI SACRED NATIVE AMERICAN MOUNTAIN IN NEW MEXICO / AKA " SHIPROCK " ( 2ND IN THE "NATURAL WONDERS OF AMERICA " SERIES ) 2027 BUSTER KEATON SILENT FILM ACTOR / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " THE GENERAL " 2028 GEORGIA O'KEEFFE VISUAL ARTIST / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " ORIENTAL POPPIES " 2029 WILLIAM FAULKNER NOVELIST / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " THE SOUND AND THE FURY " 2030 GENERAL SHERMAN TREE 140TH ANNIVERSARY OF SEQUOIA PARK / LARGEST LIVING TREE ON EARTH ( 3RD IN THE " NATURAL WONDERS OF AMERICA " SERIES ) 2031 EMILY DICKINSON POET / 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF HER BIRTH 2031 DUKE ELLINGTON COMPOSER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " IT DONT MEAN A THING " 2032 JOSEF VON STERNBERG FILM DIRECTOR / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " SHANGHAI EXPRESS " 2032 BILLIE HOLIDAY DEBUT AT 17 AS PRINCIPAL SINGER OF COVAN'S NIGHTCLUB IN HARLEM 2033 MARX BROTHERS COMEDY TROUPE / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " DUCK SOUP " 2033 BETTE DAVIS FILM ACTRESS / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " OF HUMAN BONDAGE " 2034 MAUNA LOA VOLCANO 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF HAWAII STATE / LARGEST ACTIVE VOLCANO ON EARTH ( 4TH IN THE " NATURAL WONDERS OF AMERICA " SERIES ) 2035 MARK TWAIN WRITER & HUMORIST / 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH 2035 FRED ASTAIRE CHOREOGRAPHER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " TOP HAT " & " ROBERTA " 2036 RALPH WALDO EMERSON ESSAYIST & POET / 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF " NATURE " 2036 MARTHA GRAHAM CHOREOGRAPHER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " CHRONICLE " 2037 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT ARCHITECT / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " FALLINGWATER " 2037 WALT DISNEY ANIMATOR / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS " 2038 NIAGARA FALLS 75TH ANNIVERSARY AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK / LARGEST WATERFALL BY VOLUME IN THE WORLD ( 5TH IN THE " NATURAL WONDERS OF AMERICA " SERIES ) 2039 JUDY GARLAND SINGER & ACTRESS / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " THE WIZARD OF OZ " 2039 JOHN STEINBECK NOVELIST / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " THE GRAPES OF WRATH " ( WITH AN IMAGE FROM THE 1940 JOHN FORD FILM ON THE REVERSE ) 2040 ERNEST HEMINGWAY WRITER & NOVELIST / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS " 2040 KATHARINE HEPBURN FILM ACTRESS / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " THE PHILADELPHIA STORY " 2041 ORSON WELLES FILM & THEATRE DIRECTOR / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " CITIZEN KANE " 2041 ANSEL ADAMS PHOTOGRAPHER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " CANYON DE CHELLY " 2042 CRATER LAKE 140TH ANNIVERSARY AS A NATIONAL PARK / DEEPEST LAKE IN THE WEST ( 6TH IN THE " NATURAL WONDERS OF AMERICA " SERIES ) 2043 HUMPHREY BOGART FILM ACTOR / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " CASABLANCA " 2043 JOSEPH CORNELL ASSEMBLAGE ARTIST / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " PHARMACY " 2044 KAY SAGE VISUAL ARTIST / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " I SAW THREE CITIES " 2044 MARK ROTHKO VISUAL ARTIST / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " SLOW SWIRL AT THE EDGE " 2045 EDGAR ALLAN POE POET & WRITER / 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF " THE RAVEN " 2045 ELLA FITZGERALD JAZZ SINGER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " FLYING HOME " 2046 MATO TIPILA LAKOTA FOR " BEAR LODGE " ( DEVILS TOWER ) IN NORTHEAST WYOMING / 140TH ANNIVERSARY AS THE FIRST U.S. NATIONAL MONUMENT IN 1906 ( 7TH IN THE " NATURAL WONDERS OF AMERICA " SERIES ) 2047 TENNESSEE WILLIAMS PLAYWRIGHT / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE " 2047 ALEXANDER CALDER VISUAL ARTIST & SCULPTOR / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " LAOCOON " 2048 JACKSON POLLOCK VISUAL ARTIST / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " NO. 5, 1948 " 2048 RICHARD FEYNMAN PHYSICIST / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST FEYNMAN DIAGRAMS 2049 ARTHUR MILLER PLAYWRIGHT / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " DEATH OF A SALESMAN " 2049 LEO FENDER INVENTOR / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST TELECASTER ( PROTOTYPE ) 2050 CARLSBAD CAVERN 120TH ANNIVERSARY AS A NATIONAL PARK / A. ADAMS IMAGE ON OBVERSE ( 8TH IN THE " NATURAL WONDERS OF AMERICA " SERIES ) 2051 HERMAN MELVILLE NOVELIST & WRITER / 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF " MOBY DICK " 2051 NAT KING COLE SINGER & ENTERTAINER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " UNFORGETTABLE " 2052 HARRIET BEECHER STOWE NOVELIST & WRITER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " UNCLE TOM'S CABIN " 2052 GENE KELLY DANCER & ACTOR / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " SINGIN IN THE RAIN " 2053 JOHN CAGE COMPOSER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " 4' 33" " & THE " WILLIAMS MIX " 2053 RAY BRADBURY WRITER & NOVELIST / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " FAHRENHEIT 451 " 2054 SCORPION ROCK LARGEST FREESTANDING BOULDER IN THE WORLD / AKA " GIANT ROCK " ( 9TH IN THE " NATURAL WONDERS OF AMERICA " SERIES ) 2055 BRUCE GOFF ARCHITECT / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS " BAVINGER HOUSE " 2055 JONAS SALK VIROLOGIST / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS SUCCESSFUL POLIO VACCINE 2056 CHUCK BERRY COMPOSER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN " 2056 JOHN FORD FILM DIRECTOR / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " THE SEARCHERS " 2057 ELVIS PRESLEY SINGER & ENTERTAINER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " JAILHOUSE ROCK " 2057 JASPER JOHNS VISUAL ARTIST / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " THREE FLAGS " 2058 DENALI LARGEST MOUNTAIN IN NORTH AMERICA / AKA MOUNT MCKINLEY ( 10TH IN THE " NATURAL WONDERS OF AMERICA " SERIES ) 2059 MARILYN MONROE ACTRESS & ENTERTAINER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " SOME LIKE IT HOT " 2059 MILES DAVIS COMPOSER & JAZZ MUSICIAN / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " KIND OF BLUE " 2060 HARPER LEE NOVELIST / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD " 2060 JOHN COLTRANE COMPOSER & JAZZ MUSICIAN / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " GIANT STEPS " 2061 LEONARD BERNSTEIN COMPOSER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " WEST SIDE STORY " 2061 NIKOLA TESLA INVENTOR / 160TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TESLA COIL 2062 STONE MOUNTAIN LARGEST BAS-RELIEF IN THE WORLD ON ITS FACE / 90TH ANNIVERSARY " LET FREEDOM RING FROM STONE MOUNTAIN OF GEORGIA ... " ( 11TH IN THE " NATURAL WONDERS OF AMERICA " SERIES ) 2063 RAY HARRYHAUSEN VISUAL EFFECTS / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " JASON & THE ARGONAUTS " 2063 DOROTHEA TANNING VISUAL ARTIST / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " CHIENS DE CYTHERE " 2064 FRANK SINATRA ENTERTAINER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT " 2064 TERRY RILEY MINIMALIST COMPOSER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " IN C " 2065 FRANK HERBERT NOVELIST & WRITER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " DUNE " 2065 BOB DYLAN COMPOSER & POET / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED " 2066 ENOCH OLDEST LIVING TREE ON EARTH / GREAT BASIN BRISTLECONE PINE ( 12TH IN THE " NATURAL WONDERS OF AMERICA " SERIES ) 2067 BRIAN WILSON COMPOSER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALBUM " PET SOUNDS " 2067 SAMUEL BARBER COMPOSER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " AGNUS DEI " 2068 STANLEY KUBRICK FILM DIRECTOR / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " 2001 : A SPACE ODYSSEY " 2068 PHILIP K. DICK WRITER / 100TH ANNIVERSARY " DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?" 2069 JIMI HENDRIX COMPOSER & ROCK MUSICIAN / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF WOODSTOCK 2069 MAYA ANGELOU POET / 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF " I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS " 2070 ONGTUPQA HOPI FOR THE " GRAND CANYON " / 150TH ANNIVERSARY NATIONAL PARK ( 13TH IN THE " NATURAL WONDERS OF AMERICA " SERIES ) |