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TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,441 ✭✭✭✭✭
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JFK Dollars.
Rest assured, there won't be a fiasco with this one. Or will there be ?
The presidential small dollar series just moves along, quietly.

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I'm looking forward to completing this set (series) in the album. Just sayin'
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  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll pass..


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  • LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭
    Just when I thought they couldn't out ugly the hairyhead half dollar, then along comes this monstrosity....
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  • brg5658brg5658 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,441 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Keep 'em comin' image
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,331 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is an absolutely hideous image of JFK.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Horrible...in keeping with the entire series.... Cheers, RickO
  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭✭✭
    An insult to his legacy, IMO.
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,441 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was wondering about the "accented" suit.
  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Just when I thought they couldn't out ugly the hairyhead half dollar, then along comes this monstrosity.... >>

    Where is Jackie O when you need herimage
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just can't find the words.........well I could........but won't.imageimage
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,547 ✭✭✭✭✭
    one series that i just never got into.
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,547 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • dibdib Posts: 311 ✭
    Terrible image of JFK, who OK'd that... seriously?
  • dpooledpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's an interesting, thoughtful posture.

    It just doesn't look like him, is all.

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  • brg5658brg5658 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In case anyone is interested, here are the original design options for the JFK dollar.

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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In the name of everything that is HOLY please don't click on that link brg5658 posted!!!!

    It will blind you!!!
  • CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭
    You would think the great Mint could make their coins look better than a gas station token given away with each fill up.
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  • howardshowards Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭


    << <i>In the name of everything that is HOLY please don't click on that link brg5658 posted!!!!

    It will blind you!!! >>



    It didn't blind me, but it made me spew what I was drinking through my nose. Some of those are just plain FUNNY. Too bad I wasn't reading the comics.
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  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,270 ✭✭✭
    They had to work him up at this angle because if he was looking straight on his Conan O'Brien hair would be off the coin.
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  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I thought it was copied from one of the Official Portraits of him?

    And no I don't care for it that much, but it's not the only one.

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  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>In the name of everything that is HOLY please don't click on that link brg5658 posted!!!! >>


    Wow, out of five designs, ONE vaguely resembled JFK and another one sort of looked like Jack crossed with Bobby.
    Didn't recognize any of the other three gentlemen... image
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,491 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>JFK Dollars.
    Rest assured, there won't be a fiasco with this one. Or will there be ?
    The presidential small dollar series just moves along, quietly.

    image

    I'm looking forward to completing this set (series) in the album. Just sayin' >>

    Jackie Bug Eyes.

    No thanks and quite frankly, I think the US Mint should be embarrassed aver this particular presentation.

    In the proof set, the Kennedy Stands out because its the only one looking down. Ugh!
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  • richbeatrichbeat Posts: 2,288 ✭
    Absolutely horrible! Doesn't look a thing like him. image
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,631 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well, I'll be a contrarian and say I don't mind the portrait, much. The pensive, somewhat-downcast image of him is... well... different.

    Not such a bad thing, IMHO.

    I'm not saying I love it, but I don't hate it, either.

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  • techwritertechwriter Posts: 584 ✭✭
    Hmmmmmmmmm, Looks like he's either chewing something or has a mouthful of oatmeal(or something)
    Of course, I'll have to have a few to complete the sets for the grandchildren. Oh well.
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  • AU58BrewAU58Brew Posts: 70


    << <i>Terrible image of JFK, who OK'd that... seriously? >>




    Agreed!
  • BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,179 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>In case anyone is interested, here are the original design options for the JFK dollar.

    image >>



    I wasn't around when he was president, but from the photos and videos I've seen of him, I would not know by looking at any of those sketches that it's JFK, however one sort of looks like his brother Bobby and another like Reagan.
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,356 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In all fairness, some the America the Beautiful quarters look decent.

    This Presidential Dollar series just does not meet expectations. FDR looked bad... so does JFK. The comment about these looking like tokens from a gas station unfortunately is spot on.

    Seriously... what happened to the art of creating decent portraits for coins and medals?

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  • CoinZipCoinZip Posts: 3,253 ✭✭✭


    << <i>You would think the great Mint could make their coins look better than a gas station token given away with each fill up. >>




    so true.....

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  • DatentypeDatentype Posts: 1,677 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Well, I'll be a contrarian and say I don't mind the portrait, much. The pensive, somewhat-downcast image of him is... well... different. >>



    +1
  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    Seriously... what happened to the art of creating decent portraits for coins and medals?

    ...Excellent question.
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  • GForce1GForce1 Posts: 15
    Despite his disability, JFK was one of the most energetic, vibrant and gifted presidents of the 20th century. The coin's designer has him looking down (not up) and appearing weary. Not a design I would have selected for such a celebrated president.
  • BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,179 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Despite his disability, JFK... >>



    What disability?
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  • FullStrikeFullStrike Posts: 4,353 ✭✭✭



    I had planned to get a $250 Box of those , to spend on Coffee, but after a bit of thought, maybe not.

    Maybe I'll get the LBJ Coin, that one looks like the old man on that Pawn Stars show.
  • Mick65Mick65 Posts: 722 ✭✭✭


    To me it's the best of the available options

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 33,484 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My first impression is one I can't stop thinking.

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  • ckrakowskickrakowski Posts: 157 ✭✭


    << <i>In the name of everything that is HOLY please don't click on that link brg5658 posted!!!!

    It will blind you!!! >>




    well i clicked it. i would have gone with either 4 or 5. 3 looks like he has a little jimmy carter mixed in.
  • ckrakowskickrakowski Posts: 157 ✭✭


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    << <i>Despite his disability, JFK... >>



    What disability? >>



    he had a really bad back and was required to wear a back brace.
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,491 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Absolutely horrible! Doesn't look a thing like him. image >>

    Agree. They appear to have taken every identifiable "caricature" feature, and put it on a coin.

    The US Mint Designers and sculptors need to put a can of RAID into the operating system they're using to create this crap. Get back to the plaster molds you lazy schleps.
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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    JFK had a back brace because of a broken back and he also had Addison's disease and was receiving injections of vitamins, speed, cortisone and painkillers. The public didn't know much of this at the time.

    None of those portraits do JFK justice.
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,491 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Well, I'll be a contrarian and say I don't mind the portrait, much. The pensive, somewhat-downcast image of him is... well... different.

    Not such a bad thing, IMHO.

    I'm not saying I love it, but I don't hate it, either. >>

    "Different"? It appears to have been modeled after his official White House Portrait...................in a cartoony sort of way.

    (Inage flipped horizontally)
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    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The White House portrait doesn't depict him as being cross-eyed and despondent.
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  • BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,179 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

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    << <i>Despite his disability, JFK... >>



    What disability? >>



    he had a really bad back and was required to wear a back brace. >>



    Interesting! They didn't teach us that in college history. image
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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Despite his disability, JFK... >>



    What disability? >>



    ...I believe his sister Rose Marie had a disability.
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  • ckrakowskickrakowski Posts: 157 ✭✭


    << <i>

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    << <i>Despite his disability, JFK... >>



    What disability? >>



    he had a really bad back and was required to wear a back brace. >>



    Interesting! They didn't teach us that in college history. >>




    he also had addisons.

    JFK health issues.
  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

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    << <i>Despite his disability, JFK... >>



    What disability? >>



    he had a really bad back and was required to wear a back brace. >>



    Interesting! They didn't teach us that in college history. >>




    he also had addisons.

    JFK health issues. >>



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  • pf70collectorpf70collector Posts: 6,672 ✭✭✭
    I will collect it through the spouse and medal sets.
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  • sanitarium1inmatesanitarium1inmate Posts: 1,078 ✭✭
    The reverse proof should have frosted hair, so maybe we might see what he would have looked like as an older man. Kris
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,331 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Despite his disability, JFK... >>



    What disability? >>



    he had a really bad back and was required to wear a back brace. >>



    Interesting! They didn't teach us that in college history. image >>



    It was common knowledge that his back was injured during WW2 when a Japanese destroyer rammed his boat, PT-109, and cut it in half. He never fully recovered from the war wound.
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