2011 Platinum Eagle Design Candidates Reviewed by Comm. of Fine Arts....RWB comments on designs!
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I agree with CCAC on design #1.....but #7 has a similar look of an early commemorative and I like it.
Hopefully little Timmy G. will agree with CCAC for a 3rd time
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2011 Platinum Eagle Design Candidates Reviewed by CFA
By Michael Zielinski on December 27th, 2010
Categories: Featured Articles, US Coins, United States Mint
The Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) has recently reviewed the design candidates for the 2011 Proof Platinum Eagle. This coin will feature the concept “To Insure Domestic Tranquility.”
The collector version of the American Platinum Eagle is in the middle of a six year design series exploring the core concepts of American Democracy. Each concept is presented on the reverse design of the coin, while the obverse of each coin features an image of the Statue of Liberty designed by John Mercanti.
For the past two years, the US Mint has issued only one ounce proof Platinum Eagles. Bullion versions of the coin have not been available. If bullion coins are issued for 2011, the reverse will feature an image of a soaring eagle designed by Thomas D. Rogers.
The United States Mint provided the CFA with nine different reverse design candidates for the concept “To Insure Domestic Tranquility”. The CFA recommended alternative AEP-R-05. This design depicts three hands holding a laurel wreath. The design was preferred based on its “simplicity and legibility” as opposed to the “excessive complexity of many presented alternatives”. The wreath was viewed as an appropriate compositional element within the circular shape of the coin, but it was recommended that the hands be simplified by removing the jewelry and clothing present.
At a separate meeting the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) had recommended alternative AEP-R-01. The CCAC’s specific comments and other details of the meeting will be provided in a future Coin Update News article.
The eight remaining design candidates for the 2011 American Platinum Eagle Proof Coin appear below.
The United States Secretary of the Treasury has the final authority to select the design for the 2011 Proof Platinum Eagle.
For the two previous issues of the “Foundations of Democracy” series, the Secretary chose designs recommended by the CCAC, rather than the alternate designs suggested by the CFA.
For the 2009 Proof Platinum Eagle, the CFA recommended a design depicting a small tree with thirteen leaves for the concept “To Form A More Perfect Union”. The selected design presented four faces with intertwined hair and clothing. For the 2010 Proof Platinum Eagle, the CFA recommended a design depicting a torch for the concept “To Establish Justice”. The selected design depicted a blindfolded Justice holding scales and an olive branch.
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Hopefully little Timmy G. will agree with CCAC for a 3rd time
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2011 Platinum Eagle Design Candidates Reviewed by CFA
By Michael Zielinski on December 27th, 2010
Categories: Featured Articles, US Coins, United States Mint
The Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) has recently reviewed the design candidates for the 2011 Proof Platinum Eagle. This coin will feature the concept “To Insure Domestic Tranquility.”
The collector version of the American Platinum Eagle is in the middle of a six year design series exploring the core concepts of American Democracy. Each concept is presented on the reverse design of the coin, while the obverse of each coin features an image of the Statue of Liberty designed by John Mercanti.
For the past two years, the US Mint has issued only one ounce proof Platinum Eagles. Bullion versions of the coin have not been available. If bullion coins are issued for 2011, the reverse will feature an image of a soaring eagle designed by Thomas D. Rogers.
The United States Mint provided the CFA with nine different reverse design candidates for the concept “To Insure Domestic Tranquility”. The CFA recommended alternative AEP-R-05. This design depicts three hands holding a laurel wreath. The design was preferred based on its “simplicity and legibility” as opposed to the “excessive complexity of many presented alternatives”. The wreath was viewed as an appropriate compositional element within the circular shape of the coin, but it was recommended that the hands be simplified by removing the jewelry and clothing present.
At a separate meeting the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) had recommended alternative AEP-R-01. The CCAC’s specific comments and other details of the meeting will be provided in a future Coin Update News article.
The eight remaining design candidates for the 2011 American Platinum Eagle Proof Coin appear below.
The United States Secretary of the Treasury has the final authority to select the design for the 2011 Proof Platinum Eagle.
For the two previous issues of the “Foundations of Democracy” series, the Secretary chose designs recommended by the CCAC, rather than the alternate designs suggested by the CFA.
For the 2009 Proof Platinum Eagle, the CFA recommended a design depicting a small tree with thirteen leaves for the concept “To Form A More Perfect Union”. The selected design presented four faces with intertwined hair and clothing. For the 2010 Proof Platinum Eagle, the CFA recommended a design depicting a torch for the concept “To Establish Justice”. The selected design depicted a blindfolded Justice holding scales and an olive branch.
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Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
Get rid of the hands on coin #6 and you got a winner.
8 and 9... I'll just say neither appeal to me and leave it at that.
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The wreath is static and meaningless - looks like an ad for holiday greenery.
I don't see any jewelry!!!!!!!
I knew it would happen.
<< <i>Wait a minute.......the committee recommended removing the jewelry and clothing from Reverse One??????
I don't see any jewelry!!!!!!!
The bottom hand has a ring and wrist-watch.
(which I had to hyphenate to get around the filter
Whatever you are, be a good one. ---- Abraham Lincoln
<< <i> I would have chosen design 07. >>
I like #1 also.
What the hell is that on design #3? Looks like the face of a rabid poodle.
(which I had to hyphenate to get around the filter )
silly wristwatch!
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
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<< <i> I would have chosen design 07. >>
I like #1 also.
What the hell is that on design #3? Looks like the face of a rabid poodle. >>
Looks like a good ol'-fashioned WTF to me.
Angry lion that looks like a dog!!!
edited to add: Folks, these are expensive platinum coins, representing the best of U.S. coin designs...what are these designers thinking???
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<< <i>(which I had to hyphenate to get around the filter )
silly wristwatch! >>
[ I ] see what you did there ...
Whatever you are, be a good one. ---- Abraham Lincoln
The dove of peace needs to be carrying an olive branch in it's beak in front of the poodle lion.
Not a - what is that? - esoteric lotus Lilly pad bloom. At least I think that's what that foliage is.
TD
Ed. S.
(EJS)
the eagle will be swooping in over the dove, talons extended.
design AEP-R-02
market watch url's give me the same trouble as wrist watch.
<< <i>I like #1 the best, even if it appears that Miss Liberty has six toes. >>
Dang, you've got some sharp eyes!!!
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<< <i>I like #1 the best, even if it appears that Miss Liberty has six toes. >>
Dang, you've got some sharp eyes!!!
Who's lookin' at the toes. I like #1 or #2 as long as they keep the nipples. What?
Remember the type #1 SLQ?
I knew it would happen.
<< <i>I like #1 the best, even if it appears that Miss Liberty has six toes. >>
just a different kind of politically correct nod.
<< <i>And #7 makes Liberty look like a drag queen. >>
I was thinking that #7 looked like an Amazon, except that there have been some good-looking Amazons, I think.
I knew it would happen.
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<< <i>And #7 makes Liberty look like a drag queen. >>
Geez, you're not kidding!
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<< <i>Wait a minute.......the committee recommended removing the jewelry and clothing from Reverse One??????
I don't see any jewelry!!!!!!!
The bottom hand has a ring and wrist-watch.
(which I had to hyphenate to get around the filter
I was talking about Reverse One, not the first reverse shown......
TD
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<< <i>And #7 makes Liberty look like a drag queen. >>
Geez, you're not kidding! >>
they are going all out for the pc crowd.
on a side note:
will they ever realize that if you can't please everyone, then pandering to some and calling it inclusive is doomed to fail?
<< <i>Are those the only designs being considered? Please say it ain't so..... >>
It's so, unless RWB has some insider info!!!!
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5, 6, 8 and 9 have no artistic or any other kind of merit. Hey, I can do clipart, too!
2 is just a lazy version of 1.
3 is okay but leaves me wondering what they are going for. Did the dove pull feathers out of it's own tail to make that design?
4 makes me think of the Olympics.
7 is a good design that with a little refining could become a great design.
I'll never have any of these but I'm giving my opinion anyway. Even if they weren't so darn expensive, most of these designs would not make me want to buy it anyway, except #1.