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Obama Dollar Coin

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:33:42 GMT

You can claim you piece of history as Barack Obama is celebrated as the 44th President and immortalize this historic election by owning a limited edition piece of history from the US Mint.

The Obama Inaugural dollar is uncirculated US Mint currency and comes in in genuine 24 karat gold sure to a collectors item for all memorabilia collectors alike.

Presidential Buttons and Pins

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:35:33 GMT

Many companies come up with lots of fashion designs and accessories to boost their business by exploiting the political sense of all sections of people.

As a result, Buttons and Pins were introduced and named after the contestants for President and Vice President.

McCain Buttons and Pins were introduced as part of McCain’s campaign and immediately became popular. Popular manufacturers of T-shirt and other garments developed three sizes of button as 2.25 button, 3.25 buttons and mini button. Prices of McCain button ranges from $2 to $5. Most of the retailers and wholesalers worked overtime to complete their order.

Obama Buttons and Pins were the most popular ones. It costs from $2 to $6 and was just one of the popular Obama memorabilia items. They introduced it as a part of collecting donations for campaigning. But it has a positive effect and increased the popularity of Obama. They gained millions of dollars through the sale of this buttons and pins in which Obama’s picture or name was engraved.

Sarah Palin Button and pins came in small, standard, large, huge and colossal sizes and varieties. Most of these buttons and pins were designed with vibrant colors. Price of it ranges from $1.45 to $5.95. These were metal pins and it can be easy to wear anywhere. Free shipping was offered for the orders above $49.

Joe Biden button and pins were also introduced in different sizes with his image and name. Most of these were sold along with Obama buttons and pins. Joe Biden button and pins cost from $2.45 to $5.95.

The popularity of these items has risen with Barack Obama's election success and come with it an increase in other Presidential Memorabilia like the hugely popular Obama Coin.

Increased demand for Presidential Memorabilia

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:46:00 GMT

The demand for Presidential memorabilia is expected to spike in the weeks leading to January 20, 2009 at Noon, when the inauguration of President Barack Obama will take place.

Already there have been a number of commemorative items released with prices ranging from just a few dollars for some basic items like postcards to custom, limited release 'antique' presidential items that will be an investment in the future as many items have aged from the past like the 1907 $20 Gold Coin

"This high-relief coin was one of several experimental pieces struck in December 1907 to test the new design of the $20 gold coin. The work of the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who had been commissioned by President Theodore Roosevelt, it features a figure of Liberty on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse. At the insistence of U.S. Mint officials, the $20 coins that ultimately went into circulation between 1907 and 1933 were produced with a much lower relief so they could be struck more easily. A gift from Saint-Gaudens to President Roosevelt, this coin was donated to the Smithsonian in 1967 by Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, the president's grandson." -(Smithsonian Institution Press)

2008 Presidential Merchandise

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:53:40 GMT

The ’08 presidential aspirants are racing to out-merch each other. Last week, Barack Obama unveiled a new women’s line of ObamaMAMA T-shirts. Hillary Clinton (Marc Jacobs designed her Senate stuff) is planning new accoutrements, and Rudy Giuliani has an official licensee: Spalding Group (not to be confused with the basketballs), apparel-maker for the Bushies and the hard right. Among all campaigns, the hot new political souvenir this election cycle seems to be the infant onesie (ideal for any smooching pol). Naturally, purists are outraged. “Who would do that to a child?” asks Jordan Wright, who runs Soho’s Museum of Democracy, a collection of political memorabilia. “It virtually guarantees therapy for the rest of your life.” Wright analyzed four other campaign mementos.

Rudy Infant Bib
“Who sees your baby eating, really? Your mother- in-law? A nanny? Nobody will see it, and when they do it’s dirty. For Giuliani the message is even stranger. He’s hardly the family- values guy to have children’s clothing.”

Hillary Kid Pack
(T-shirt, ruler, piggy bank)
“A kid who wears his Hillary shirt to school and uses his Hillary ruler is asking to get beat up. As for the pig, it’s such an odd thing to give a child. Are these kids going to give their allowances to Hillary?”

Barack Obama Support Pack
(4 T-shirts, 50 buttons, 50 bumper stickers, 100 lapel stickers, 10 rally signs)
“The name could be a jockstrap, or an Evangelical group. What’s new is that you used to be able to get all this free, and now you buy it.”

Elizabeth Edwards Button
“This is a real gamble. In a peculiar way, this is playing on her cancer. Ms. Obama on a button wouldn’t have the same resonance, and Hillary is so conflicted about her husband.”

By Geoffrey Gray (http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/31827/)
Published May 14, 2007

President Obama Coin

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:40:32 GMT

President-Elect Barack Obama is being honored on brilliant, uncirculated U.S. Mint Presidential Dollars by The New England Mint.

Barack Obama II is the President-elect of the United States and the junior United States Senator from Illinois. He became the President-elect after defeating Republican presidential candidate John McCain in the general election on November 4, 2008, and is due to be sworn in as President of the United States on January 20, 2009.

You can immortalize this historic election by owning this piece of limited edition history.

The President Barak Obama Inaugural dollar is layered in genuine 24 karat gold on this brilliant Uncirculated U.S. Mint Presidential Dollar by the Washington Monetary Authority.

President Barak Obama

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:32:52 GMT

Barack Obama II is the President-elect of the United States and the junior United States Senator from Illinois. Obama is the first African American to be elected President of the United States.

He is a graduate of Columbia College of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review. Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.

Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate in January 2003, won a primary victory in March 2004, and was elected to the Senate in November 2004. Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004.

As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he helped create legislation to control conventional weapons and to promote greater public accountability in the use of federal funds. He also made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. During the 110th Congress, he helped create legislation regarding lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel.

On February 10, 2007, he announced his candidacy for President of the United States, and on June 3, 2008, he was named the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party after a 17-month-long primary campaign. He became the President-elect after defeating Republican presidential candidate John McCain in the general election on November 4, 2008, and is due to be sworn in as President of the United States on January 20, 2009.

Source: Wikipedia

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