James Earle Fraser pattern 1952 cent...
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I love Fraser's work on the buffalo nickel and am more impressed by his portrait on the pattern Lincoln cent.
Does anyone have a picture of the reverse?
From USPatterns.com:
The reverse showed an oak tree, "...as a symbol because Lincoln was a woodsman...It stands too for strength, ever renewing growth, and unity. Like a nation, it has roots, a trunk, branches, flowers and finally fruit."
I'd love to see it and was wondering if this should have been the design for 2009 or could be the design for 2010.
What artistry on this obverse!!
Does anyone have a picture of the reverse?
From USPatterns.com:
The reverse showed an oak tree, "...as a symbol because Lincoln was a woodsman...It stands too for strength, ever renewing growth, and unity. Like a nation, it has roots, a trunk, branches, flowers and finally fruit."
I'd love to see it and was wondering if this should have been the design for 2009 or could be the design for 2010.
What artistry on this obverse!!
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I'm hoping njcoincrank has a picture for us...
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I do have the matching reverse plaster for this obverse. Only one thing is missing. Giving Laura Gardin Fraser credit for both of them. According to Joseph Lepczyk, who sold them at auction in October, 1980, Laura, not James Earl, was responsible for these designs.
Sorry I don't have a picture to post here. But in the not too distant future Laura's reverse design, along with many other pieces, will be able to be seen on my web site. Stay tuned.
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Perhaps Fraser's design made it to the mint and Roberts was told to work on it, producing what I saw. I'll see if I can get ahold of images and see if there's a reverse to this...
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<< <i>That is really nice. I love the thick rims. >>
<< <i>I do agree that this looks like Laura Fraser's work BUT, I've seen a drawing by Gilroy Roberts that looks exactly like this...
Perhaps Fraser's design made it to the mint and Roberts was told to work on it, producing what I saw. I'll see if I can get ahold of images and see if there's a reverse to this... >>
How about this?
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Nice job piecing the shot together.
........There is a photo of the reverse model on p.70 of Renaissance of American Coinage 1909-1915. It might also be illustrated on the USpatterns.com web site. from what i have been made to understand.
Thanks for taking it.
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I had the opportunity of photographing the original plaster this past weekend, thanks to Njcoincrank. The photograph shown is my original photograph edited for size, and flipped backward to show the design in proper alignment. The actual plaster is like a die - with everything in reverse relief and backwards, and measures approximately 10.5" across.
Because I did not have the proper lenses or setup at the show to photograph a dinner plate size piece, I ended up setting the piece on a pad and photographing it from 3 feet away using the room lighting (which always sucks). The color may be a little off the original, which would be egg-shell white plaster partially covered in a bronze colored spray paint.
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What a striking design this would have made.
Instead we get token-like dollars and insipid low relief portraits.
I'm afraid our coinage today is not worthy of carrying the name of the United States of America.
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Thanks so much for that picture. Even under the constrained circumstances at the show, your picture is better than 99% of what others could do in optimal circumstances!
I think the reverse is a pretty design. I wonder how it would have struck up given the wide rims on the obverse. In particular, I wonder if each design individually looks good but the combination might not strike well. Ah well, sadly enough there is not much chance we'll ever find out how well (or how poorly) they strike. Too bad....
This plaster is in the ANA collection. I believe that it is from Roberts though it may be Pietz (?).
I think that this was "inspired" by the the Fraser work.
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