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Ten for Ten in design...

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.
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.
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Comments

  • tjkilliantjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭
    Ok here's mine:

    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
    Tom

  • Nice choices CD.......once America made money that were works of art. Have you ever
    seen an 1896 educational note? My claim is the Morgan $ was the last of the real great coins.
    After that it all went downhill. image


    Alex
    "I love Morgan Dollars"
    Alex in Alaska
    Collecting Morgans in Any Grade
  • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭
    Of currency, the $5 educational is my top choice of all US currency. The $2 and $1 are second and third. I LOVE that stuff! The next would have to be the indian chief $5 silver, then the buffalo $10. I know, pretty cliche, but I just think those notes are outstanding, especially considering I know the detail that they have and the amount of work that goes into making such art.
    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.
    image
  • Ten Best

    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.
  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,672 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Best

    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)

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