This is one of my favorite coins of all time

sumnom · September 12, 2004 11:09AM

It is just a little copper-nickel affair but the design is fabulous.

sumnom · September 12, 2004 11:09AM

CoinAddict · September 12, 2004 11:11AM

Very nice.

sumnom · September 12, 2004 11:17AM

spoon · September 12, 2004 11:26AM

oldshep · September 12, 2004 11:31AM

I agree - simple yet beautiful.
Shep

Askari · September 12, 2004 11:50AM

Art deco at its best!!

Aethelred · September 12, 2004 11:52AM

Funny how people can see things different, but that coin leaves me cold.

shirohniichan · September 12, 2004 11:56AM

<< <i>Funny how people can see things different, but that coin leaves me cold.

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To the contrary-- it looks like she chose a rather hot way to shave!

BigAlan · September 12, 2004 12:01PM

Funny how people can see things different, but that coin leaves me cold.

You would prefer, perhaps, its contemporary, the US Ben Franklin ½?

Aethelred · September 12, 2004 12:01PM

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<< <i>Funny how people can see things different, but that coin leaves me cold.

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To the contrary-- it looks like she chose a rather hot way to shave!

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You may well have a point there!

Steve27 · September 12, 2004 8:58PM

I like this design too, but I think it would look even better if it was a silver coin.

MacCrimmon · September 12, 2004 10:34PM

That's not fire! She was visiting St. Martin when a hurricane blew up......that's a snapshot of her gelato being blown off the cone!!!

BTW, that is a nice portrait.

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