Ten for Ten in design...
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A repost, but I thought it deserves its own thread. Name your top ten designs from best down, then name the ten you dislike the most from the worst to not-so-worst. Let's stick to US issues only, but they can be commemorative if you wish. Here's mine...
top 10 from the best down:
1. SLQ (type I preferred)
2. Small Indian gold ($2.5, $5)
3. St. G $20 (no motto preferred, roman #s)
4. Mercury Dime
5. Walking Liberty 50c (pattern preferred)
6. $10 indian (no motto)
7. Pan-Pac 50c
8. Pan-Pac $50 (either)
9. Buffalo Nickel
10. Texas Half
From worst to no-so-worst.
1. SBA
2. Ike
3. Franklin Half
4. Jeff. Nickel
5. Kennedy Half
6. Lincoln Memorial cent
7. Roosevelt Dime
8. Washington Quarter
9. Morgan Dollar
10. Barber coinage.
Notice that my specialty, Lincoln cents, do not bode well for artistic merit. I collect them for the challenge, not their beauty. VDB's cent design is very nice, but by the time it was 30 years old the mint had already screwed with it enough to make it ugly. By the time FG got ahold of the reverse, all hope was lost. Now it's a complete eyesore, and should be redesigned or removed altogether. I'd rather spend plastic blanks than have to look at a modern zinc cent.
top 10 from the best down:
1. SLQ (type I preferred)
2. Small Indian gold ($2.5, $5)
3. St. G $20 (no motto preferred, roman #s)
4. Mercury Dime
5. Walking Liberty 50c (pattern preferred)
6. $10 indian (no motto)
7. Pan-Pac 50c
8. Pan-Pac $50 (either)
9. Buffalo Nickel
10. Texas Half
From worst to no-so-worst.
1. SBA
2. Ike
3. Franklin Half
4. Jeff. Nickel
5. Kennedy Half
6. Lincoln Memorial cent
7. Roosevelt Dime
8. Washington Quarter
9. Morgan Dollar
10. Barber coinage.
Notice that my specialty, Lincoln cents, do not bode well for artistic merit. I collect them for the challenge, not their beauty. VDB's cent design is very nice, but by the time it was 30 years old the mint had already screwed with it enough to make it ugly. By the time FG got ahold of the reverse, all hope was lost. Now it's a complete eyesore, and should be redesigned or removed altogether. I'd rather spend plastic blanks than have to look at a modern zinc cent.
C. D. Daughtrey, NLG
The Lincoln cent store:
http://www.lincolncent.com
My numismatic art work:
http://www.cdaughtrey.com
USAF veteran, 1986-1996 :: support our troops - the American way.
The Lincoln cent store:
http://www.lincolncent.com
My numismatic art work:
http://www.cdaughtrey.com
USAF veteran, 1986-1996 :: support our troops - the American way.
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Best:
1. Indian Cent
2. Seated LIberty Half Dollar
3. Seated Liberty Quarter (They are different)
4. Capped bust Half Dollar
5. Draped Bust Half Dollar
6. Buffalo Nickel
7. Flowing Hair Half Dollar
8. Coronet Eagle
9. Flowing Hair, Chain cent
10. Flying Eagle Cent
Worst:
1. Kennedy Half Dollar
2. Peace Dollar
3. IKE Dollar
4. St. Gaudens (I know some who like it, I don't)
5. Roosevelt Dime
6. SBA Dollar
7. Three Cent Nickel
8. Indian Eagle
9. Indian Half Eagle
10. Silver Three Cent
Tom
seen an 1896 educational note? My claim is the Morgan $ was the last of the real great coins.
After that it all went downhill.
Alex
"I love Morgan Dollars"
Collecting Morgans in Any Grade
The Lincoln cent store:
http://www.lincolncent.com
My numismatic art work:
http://www.cdaughtrey.com
USAF veteran, 1986-1996 :: support our troops - the American way.
1. Walkers
2. $10 Indian Gold
3. Mercury Dime
4. $5 Indian Gold
5. IHCs
6. Seated anything
7. Buffalo Nickels
8. SLQs
9. Peace Dollars
10. Proof Cameo Franklins (Sorry guys I just like them)
Ten Worst
1. $20 Liberty Gold
2. $10 Liberty Gold
3. $5 Liberty Gold
4. $2-1/2 Liberty Gold
5. $1 Gold Type 3
6. Clad Washingtons - Later Strikes
7. Clad Kennedy Halves - Later Strikes
8. Statehood Quarters - Most of them anyway, a few are OK (NY, DE, etc)
9. Shield Nickels
10. Sacs
I keep IKEs and SBA off the worst list because I think the reverses are neat.
1- Oregon Trail comma half
2- Pligrim comm half (reverse)
3- Vermont comm half (reverse)
4- Chain cent
5- Gobrecht dollar with eagle in plain field
6- 1796/97 half dollar
7- SLQ
8- Walkers
9- Cap visitor center bi-metalic comm eagle
10- almost any pattern by William Barber
Worst
1- SBA
2- Roosie dime
3- Cap visitor center comm half dollar
4- IKE
5- Sac
6- Jeffs
7- Shriver comm dollar
8- Shriver comm dollar (sorry it's ugly enough to hate twice)
9- USO comm dollar
10- IKE comm dollar (Ike showed up twice)