Top Six most beautiful Classic Half Dollar Commemorative Designs ### CONSENSUS RANK POSTED ###
WingedLiberty1957
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There is no right or wrong answer to this. Just curious what you all think are the best Half Dollar Classic Commemorative Designs of all time.
This is my list ...
(Note that these are not my coins!! I just wanted to post some example coins showing the designs. )
#1. Texas
#2. Panama Pacific
#3. Oregon Trail
#4. Stone Mountain
#5. San Diego
#6. Connecticut
This is my list ...
(Note that these are not my coins!! I just wanted to post some example coins showing the designs. )
#1. Texas
#2. Panama Pacific
#3. Oregon Trail
#4. Stone Mountain
#5. San Diego
#6. Connecticut
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I've always felt the need to own a Isabella and Lafayette as type and design wise the Vancouver is my Kryptonite as I was once 3 coins shy of a box of 20
unlike some that have only one
both nice IMO
one nice, one portrait
I will not rank them, however I do like the Oregon Trail. Texas was placed in a very favorable light- that is one terrific example.
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My favs in order are:
Oregon
Pilgrim
Texas
California
Maine
Connecticut
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And I always wanted to like the Hudson more -- it was a cool concept with Neptune riding a whale -- but the execution was "off" making it too cartoonish. However I do like the ship on the reverse.
The Delaware has a nice reverse, but the obverse is strange (when i was a kid I used to think there was a giant chicken on the roof of that building!)
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Also great coins posted!!!
I have to agree with you about the Lincoln, the reverse is one of the best. However the obverse always seems like a downer to me (like Lincoln was sad or dejected -- which he must have been at times in his life).
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I agree with many of the previous pics, the classics which have two good sides are quite beautiful. Those that just have a portrait, not so much.
The one that caught me off guard was the Hudson. I always knew it was bizarrely composed, and I have two, but never realized that Neptune is riding the whale backwards. Who thought that was a good idea?
#1 Oregon Trail
#2 Boone
#3 Hawaii
#4 Pilgrim
#5 Panama-Pacific
#6 Missouri
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What he said....the ones you have posted are among the best. Some of the classics are not my favorites but most have a decent design.
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1. Pilgrim
2. Columbian
3. Oregon Trail
4. Pan-Pac
5. Isabella (not a half-dollar, but a classic commem)
6. Texas
Honorable Mention
Lincoln
Antietam
California
Connecticut
Norfolk
Stone Mountain
Vermont
(again these are not my coins, but simply posted to show the design to those not familiar)
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And certainly the one of the best designs ever, should have been a commem.
No votes for the Roanoke, but I think it's underrated.
The Lafayette Dollar and Isabella Quarter are cool, even though I didn't include those denominations in the OP.
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1.Oregon
2. Illinois
3. Connecticut
4. California
5. Pan Pac
6. San Francisco
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I assigned a first place a numeric 6, second place 5, ..., sixth place 1 -- and then totalled the numbers for a consensus ranking. When people just listed 6 coins without a rank, I gave all listed 1 vote. If people listed fewer than 6, I gave their top rank 6 down to where their list stopped.
So here is the CONSENSUS VOTE for the most Beautiful Classic Commemorative Half Dollar Design
#1 Oregon = 4 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 4 + 6 + 3 + 6 + 1 + 5 + 4 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 59
#2 Texas = 6 + 4 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 37
#3 PanPac = 5 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 4 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 4 + 4 = 31
#4 Connecticut = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 3 + 4 = 25
#5 Pilgrim = 5 + 3 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 3 = 22
#6 Hawaiian = 6 + 4 + 1 + 5 = 16
#7 SanDiego = 2 + 4 + 6 + 2 = 14
#8 Illinois = 1 + 6 + 5 = 12
#9 BayBridge = 4 + 5 + 1 = 10
#10 California = 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 9
#11 StoneMtn = 3 + 3 + 2 = 8
#12 Columbian = 5 = 5
#13 Boone = 5 = 5
#14 Gettysburg = 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
#15 Antietam = 1 + 1 = 2
#16 Hudson = 2 = 2
#17 Maine = 2 = 2
#18 Vancouver = 1 = 1
#19 Missouri = 1 = 1
#20 Vermont = 1 = 1
The Oregon was not only the top vote getter (by a longshot) but the most often mentioned (14 times) .
The second most mentioned (11 times) was the Connecticut (even though the total votes only took the Connecticut to forth place.
The Texas and Panama-Pacific were high vote getters and mentioned often and came in solidly second and third, respectively.
The Pilgrim has fewer mentions, but enough high votes to push it to 5th place.
I am not surprised about the consensus top 5, but I am surprised the Hawaiian made it to #6 -- clearly there are some big fans of that design.
The SanDiego, Illinois, BayBridge, and California rounded out the consensus top 10.
I am also surprised the Stone Mountain didn't get more votes and could only limp into 11th place, as I always thought that design was beautiful, but perhaps the high mintage took away some of the mystique.
Thanks for voting!
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Norfolk, Roanoke, Delaware, NewRochelle, Isabella Quarter (not technically included in the voting)
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Great examples too.
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