In 1917 people got so upset about the nipple on the new quarter..

agentjim007

Why didn't anybody make a big deal about the sausage hanging on the Buffalo ?

Coinosaurus

People did not get upset. That is a myth, but it is an easy one to believe since somehow it resonates. Full story in Roger Burdette's Renaissance of American Coinage.

BAJJERFAN

<< <i>Why didn't anybody make a big deal about the sausage hanging on the Buffalo ? >>



Because on the Buffalo only the casing is hanging and not the sausage itself!

ricko

Panic would ensue if the buffalo were in mating mode.... Cheers, RickO

brg5658

This myth (and many others) has long been debunked.

TwoSides2aCoin

Women were burning bras when I grew up… and by 1979 the mint put a woman's bun on the face of a dollar and the SHTF in Iran.
But how about the Eagle ? Ya gotta love coins and cointroversey on the tail end. Funny how times change.





Edit to add: Photos courtesy of PCGS CoinFacts. (thoughts are mine alone )

FullStrike

In 1909 were people really upset with the V.D.B. on the reverse of the new Lincoln Cent?

I can believe there was an uproar in 1917. Not from 100% of the population but all it takes is a few crybabies.

ms70

It was a wardrobe malfunction.

telephoto1

I always thought that Standing Lib furor rather odd, considering all the publicly displayed artwork, statues, fountains, etc. featuring nudes that were hailed as high art at the time... yet they had a problem with one nipple that frankly was often poorly struck so as to not be visible in the first place, and even when fully struck, would wear off within a short time in circulation anyway... go figure.

kiyote

I know of a US coin that depicts a pair of headless, naked people (adults, man and woman) and another one that shows a bare child's behind. Can anyone name the two coins I'm thinking of?

Wabbit2313

<< <i>sausage hanging? >>

WaterSport

No one complained about this guy - in fact, when you visit the Cook islands - he is exposed everywhere in print, statues, wood carvings decorating religious structures, etc.

Icollecteverything

Bad donkey! Or is it bad azz?

CaptHenway

<< <i>No one complained about this guy - in fact, when you visit the Cook islands - he is exposed everywhere in print, statues, wood carvings decorating religious structures, etc.

>>



A certain numismatic publication did "edit" this image before allowing it to appear in advertising.

steveben

there is a nipple on the 1917 quarter!?! next thing you know they'll be letting women vote.

Baley

The mint gave the ladies equal time when they made the studmuffin Oregon commems



#bananahammock

Bullsitter

Treashunt

<< <i>People did not get upset. That is a myth, but it is an easy one to believe since somehow it resonates. Full story in Roger Burdette's Renaissance of American Coinage. >>



True, there has never been proof of a general protest about the bare breast

LanceNewmanOCC

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oh man, that is funny.

Originally posted by: Icollecteverything

Bad donkey! Or is it bad azz?

TopographicOceans

I'm not sure if it was "people" who complained or just two women in a sewing circle in Iowa?

Overdate

Originally posted by: kiyote
I know of a US coin that depicts a pair of headless, naked people (adults, man and woman) and another one that shows a bare child's behind. Can anyone name the two coins I'm thinking of?

1984 Olympic Silver Dollar and 1915 Pan-Pac Half.

I wonder if there will be an "uproar" over the gold 2016 SLQ. . .

(Aside from the price, of course.)

oih82w8

A similar, yet earlier outcry over the Educational Series notes around 1899.

pruebas

Do you think this offended anyone when it was made?

ricko

Wow pruebas....I have never seen that one before.... must get to coin shows more

often.... Cheers, RickO

braddick

Where was the outcry that the "Buffalo" nickel isn't, yet rather portrays a bison.

steveben

how 'bout a coin with a sausage and a beaver!





edit: not my coin [sigh]

giorgio11

Originally posted by: kiyote

I know of a US coin that depicts a pair of headless, naked people (adults, man and woman) and another one that shows a bare child's behind. Can anyone name the two coins I'm thinking of?

1. 1984 Olympic commemorative silver dollars

2. 1915-S Pan-Pac halves