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Which do you consider to be the Ugliest Miss Liberty design on U.S. coinage?

BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Miss Liberty on the Twenty-Cent piece gets my vote... Heck does she even have teeth?

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  • pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,295 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The Seated Liberty is my least favorite followed closely by the Classic Head.

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  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I never really found Liberty on the Chain cent particularly attractive. Certainly the hairdo takes first prize! :)

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  • Eldorado9Eldorado9 Posts: 2,416 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Booby head" Her nose is a tad large.....I'd need beer googles to ask her out. Lovely hair do however.

  • vulcanizevulcanize Posts: 1,408 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Some of the worn out Barber series makes her look somewhat like a hermaphrodite. :s

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  • vplite99vplite99 Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm more forgiving of early issues. The US platinum Statue of Liberty is quite unattractive to me.

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Rating women???

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,174 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I never cared for any of the liberty seated faces, but you are correct the twenty cent piece is just so wrong.
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  • scotty4449scotty4449 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭✭✭

    lol, liberty's face on the 20 cent is pretty bad. I had thought the barber liberty was a man for a long time... :o

  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    Rating women???

    No! We're rating the artistic ability of various mint engravers. These are not real people.

    At least some Miss Liberty renditions are based on models, but I do agree that we're commenting on artistic merit here.

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  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Undoubtedly the Chain Cent! I really love the Reverse though.

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The Liberty of the Seated Liberty series has an impossible pose.

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TurtleCat said:
    Chain cent liberty.

    I think the Chain Cent wins as that has to be Mister Liberty :s

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  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,077 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The very early coinage had some pretty bad renditions of Lady Liberty. The 1792 Half Disme is also pretty bad...........

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,896 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Steven59 said:
    The very early coinage had some pretty bad renditions of Lady Liberty. The 1792 Half Disme is also pretty bad...........

    She does not look happy to be there.

  • brianc1959brianc1959 Posts: 350 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @scotty4449 said:
    . . . I had thought the barber liberty was a man for a long time... :o

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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:

    @TurtleCat said:
    Chain cent liberty.

    I think the Chain Cent wins as that has to be Mister Liberty :s

    I think the Barber coinage has a very masculine Liberty too.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I never considered the Liberty images to represent feminine beauty. Liberty is a principle, and the assigned image(s) represented that principle. Now, an attractive feminine image (IMO) would be the British coins with the young Queen Elizabeth, very nicely done, especially attractive on a proof coin. Cheers, RickO

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 35,345 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Saint. She always looks like she was a boxer

  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,585 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,617 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Steven59 said:
    The very early coinage had some pretty bad renditions of Lady Liberty. The 1792 Half Disme is also pretty bad...........

    Love to have one but she ain’t much to look at

  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Saint. She always looks like she was a boxer

    Thats because her nose always looks like she got broken by a few good punches in the ring.

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 20, 2021 12:07PM

    @asheland said:
    A couple of the prettiest in my humble opinion

    Maybe you just have a thing for women wearing fowl hats? :*:D

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  • scotty4449scotty4449 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @brianc1959 said:

    @scotty4449 said:
    . . . I had thought the barber liberty was a man for a long time... :o

    Have ya seen Polythene Pam?

    lol...she is so good lookin'! :D

  • ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,694 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Morgan Dollars, duh...

  • carabonnaircarabonnair Posts: 1,423 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @asheland said:
    A couple of the prettiest in my humble opinion

    The lass on the 15 cent fractional is technically Columbia, not Liberty.

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  • FredFFredF Posts: 526 ✭✭✭

    I'm a fan of the $3 design myself, but I am going to second the Morgan Dollar. I own one Morgan. I still amble around trying to referee kids soccer matches, and I use a 1921 Morgan for the coin toss. So many people (kids) have commented how cool the coin is, and I once ran into another ref who did the same thing. I'd take chain cent liberty over Morgan Dollar liberty :).

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  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:

    @Steven59 said:
    The very early coinage had some pretty bad renditions of Lady Liberty. The 1792 Half Disme is also pretty bad...........

    She does not look happy to be there.

    She is a Dismesal in Distress...

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  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Matron Head Large Cents are in my top three or four, along with (sorry) Barber coins, nickels included, and seated coinage of all denominations.

  • PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 4,079 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Che_Grapes said:
    The younger generations would find this all horribly offensive!
    That’s why it’s now my favorite post so far!!

    Don’t group us all in together!!! We are as divided as all previous generations. I love this thread! 😅

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  • Jzyskowski1Jzyskowski1 Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 20, 2021 5:41PM

    @scotty4449 said:

    @brianc1959 said:

    @scotty4449 said:
    . . . I had thought the barber liberty was a man for a long time... :o

    Have ya seen Polythene Pam?

    lol...she is so good lookin'! :D

    That “ she looks like a man “🙀

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  • EbeneezerEbeneezer Posts: 319 ✭✭✭

    Nothing else even comes close to these hideous creations.


  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 20, 2021 8:45PM

    I’m just going to come out and say it as well— that chain cent. I feel like I’m dog piling but it could’ve done better even in the 1790s.

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  • Jzyskowski1Jzyskowski1 Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Even a high quality reproduction doesn’t help.

    🎶 shout shout, let it all out 🎶

  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So are there any renditions of Liberty you like? ;)

    @mannie gray said:
    Matron Head Large Cents are in my top three or four, along with (sorry) Barber coins, nickels included, and seated coinage of all denominations.

  • CoinHoarderCoinHoarder Posts: 2,612 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree with the Barber design being the least feminine, and possibly the ugliest Ms. Liberty of the US coin designs. Although I still enjoy collecting them!

  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CoinHoarder said:
    I agree with the Barber design being the least feminine, and possibly the ugliest Ms. Liberty of the US coin designs. Although I still enjoy collecting them!

    Yeah... I'm pretty sure that is a man. You can't convince me otherwise. 😜

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,357 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am surprised that no one has posted examples of the "fat old broad" who appeared on the later dates in the early gold series. The women on the obverse of these coins is really unattractive.


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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,357 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:
    Miss Liberty on the Twenty-Cent piece gets my vote... Heck does she even have teeth?

    The woman on the half dime was even worse.

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  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This thread is amazing! Even my wife got a laugh from some of these "misliberties".

    So funny, I'll post it again!

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