Which US coin design is the MOST BORING?
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No poll as don't want to offend. OTHERS can, however.
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JMHO, the designers of that era were myopic to a point and it seems that the status quo ruled. perhaps we will repeat the drastic change which ocurred at the turn of the century in the 1905-1915 time frame when perhaps the most artistic designs of all came to be, sandwhiched between Seated boredom and iconoclastic bust worship.
OK, i feel better now.
al h.
20th century - The reveres of the Lincoln cent and the Jefferson Nickel – both look like trolley cars with no depth of field.
The obverse of the Suzie B. dollar and the Ike dollar. Eisenhower was great man, but he was not photogenic, at least not in his old age.
I think SBA dollars.....
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[EDIT: Note that I distinguish between "boring" and "ugly." A design can be boring but not ugly, and vice-versa.]
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That doesn't count. It's a muling of two pattern dies. A.K.A. The ugly duckling.
Those two were never intended to go together.
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For regular issue coinage, I vote for the Franklin half as the coin most uncontaminated by excitement. Only the reverse keeps the SBA from taking the top spot.
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A daring move at the time.
Good thing most folks was PORE! Udderwise we cudda had another revolution.
Maybe Franklin and Roosevelt could use a ......diadem!
<< <i>take your pick - any post-1982 commem
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Dorkkarl,
what do you think of the 1987 gold constitution 5 bucks? I think it is a really bold design and I am not even a modern guy.
<< <i>at the risk of taking alot of flack from, well, probably everyone, i think just about the most boring desig period for U.S. coinage was the middle of the 1800's when we had in essence two circulating designs, Coronet Head copper and Seated Liberty everything else. >>
I'm with you, keets. Nothing more boring than seeing the same design over and over, just in different sizes. It appalls me that there are so many subtypes of these that I will have to end up filling my collection with so many.
i wonder why some of the designers and Roosevelt himself haven't been commemorated more on some kind of coin.
al h.
We....COULD....be stuck with sets of them ugly AMAZONIAN and SCHOOLGIRL atrocities.
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<< <i>No offense, but the Jeff. nickel. >>
Some Jefferson Nickels are far from boring.
Russ, NCNE
Current and boring = Jefferson Nickel.
Ugliest = SBA and Ike Dollars.
Sac dollars are the most inane.
<< <i>The Franklin Half Dollar. By far the most boring, butt-ugly coin (next to the Ike Dollar).
SLAP!!!!
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<< <i>19th century - The Nickel three cent piece. >>
Co'mon, Bill Jones! The Three Cent Silver, maybe. But the Three Cent Nickel?! Just LOOK at that classic Liberty bust to the left here! There's nothing more simple, classical and glorious that a Three Cent Nickel proof in DCAM, or a specimen toned a supher blue!
For boring designs, look no farther than the half dollars after they got rid of the Walking Liberty!
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2. Ike (portrait seems lifeless)
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<< <i>Much as I don't care too much for modern designs personally, I think among regular U.S. designs the three-cent silver has to be up there. >>
Hey, pick on a coin your own size!
David
<< <i>Roosevelt Dime-- hands down >>
I beg to differ with the learned gentleman....
Frankies are just friggin boring
<< <i>Frankies are just friggin boring >>
Obviously the other learned gentleman hasn't been exposed to enough Frankies!
1) Shield Nickel - The design is like a Two Cent Piece that somehow had an abortion. Most Uncs. are ugly.
2) Barber Coinage - Almost as bad as the Shield Nickel. It is the most bland portrait of Miss Liberty IMO on any coin series, 'complemented' by a rip-off of the Heraldic Eagle reverse. Most Uncs. are also ugly.
3) The Ike Dollar. Sometimes it's just not a good idea to put a great man or woman on a coin.
4) The obverse of the Franklin Half. See comment re Ike Dollar. I owned a number of Franklin Halves for awhile, and got so sick of looking at them, I just got rid of them. I don't think the reverse is boring, though.
My comment re the Susie B is that while it is not boring, I think it's the ugliest coin of the 20th Century. She looks like a cross between a female version of the Ayatollah Khomeni and an elderly woman who is a closet bulldyke.
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<< <i>She looks like a cross between a female version of the Ayatollah Khomeni and an elderly woman who is a closet bulldyke. >>
I find the designs introduced after 1921 for U.S. circulating coinage very boring and uninteresting. I also dislike most of the modern commems. (edited- I originally said, "I find the designs introduced after 1917..." but then I remembered the Peace dollar.)
<< <i>Anything Barber >>
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!!!!!!!!! You are so wrong!
The bar cent is pretty boring.
Mormon gold is boring.
The shield nickel is boring.
3 cent silvers are boring.
Barber coinage is far from boring!
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For example, I am fascinated by 3CS coins because of their relative rarity, historical significance and great value. Is this series the most beautiful; not! Do I love them less;no! Properly toned in beautiful shades of blue, green and violet, they can be very very special.
close second: IKE Dollar (but some of those toned silver proofs are kinda neat!)
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<< <i>close second: IKE Dollar (but some of those toned silver proofs are kinda neat!) >>
Well...you can't hide an ugly design with make-up. Doesn't work for Franklins any more than it works for Ikes.
jom
SBA: The ugliest ( not necessarily most boring )
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