An Historical Side Note

19Lyds

Here's something that you may or may not find interesting.

My 2 Kennedy Sets arrived while I was in San Diego and I opened them when I returned home yesterday evening.

I've always thought that the Reverse Proof manufacturing method looked terrible on the Presidential Dollars and I've never been afraid to express those thoughts. However, yesterday, the Kennedy Coin looked somewhat appealing. The Reverse, in particular, caught my eye under the florescent light of the kitchen.

A few years back I had purchased a bunch of old CoinAge Coin Magazines for the period of time of the introduction and production of the new Eisenhower Dollars. Quite frequently, I'd sit in the library and read about the new large Silver Dollar and the speculation revolving around the coin. A week or so back, I pulled out a CoinAge from May of 1969 and was reading the article titled "What will our New "Silver" Dollar Look Like?"



Within that article were opinions expressed by current numismatic notables such as Felix Schlag (1891-1974). Also within the article were artistic renderings of what some would like to see.

Last night, my eye caught the following:



Atop the image in the magazine that caught my eye is the reverse of the Kennedy Presidential Dollar.

Is this weird or what?

TomB

That is pretty dang cool.

lordmarcovan

Wow. That's like some of those true crime shows I've watched where they had a composite drawing of the suspect, and later, when it was compared with the captured perp, it was found to be eerily accurate.

Very neat time capsule find, there.

oih82w8

Just like songs, movies and television shows...people can't seem to come up anything new these days...just a rehash of yesterdays product whether it was accepted then or not.

Bring back the classical Liberty coinage and Educational Series currency designs!

Twobitcollector

Thanks for posting

Stooge

<< <i>Bring back the classical Liberty coinage and Educational Series currency designs! >>

Amen Brother, Amen...

19Lyds

<< <i>Just like songs, movies and television shows...people can't seem to come up anything new these days...just a rehash of yesterdays product whether it was accepted then or not.

Bring back the classical Liberty coinage and Educational Series currency designs! >>



Funny. Not to derail or sidetrack my own thread but while watching my recording of the Republican Debate a couple of days ago, one of the last questions asked of the 10 candidates was "Which woman would YOU want on the $10 bill?"

A majority of the answers revolved around mom's, grandmothers, and wives. You know, politician saying what they think folks want to hear.

Yet, not a single person, either there or from what I've seen in public, when asked which woman should go on the $10 bill, responded with "Lady Liberty". She is, after all, a woman which makes me wonder, "Why is Liberty always depicted as a woman?"

Whatever.

lasvegasteddy

sweet post here

19Lyds

Does anybody think there might be some copyright infringement here?

guitarwes

Neat find. All of the Presidential Dollars have that reverse.

CaptHenway

Nice!

messydesk

Cool! Although the wet blanket in me is saying that's one of the few viable shots of the SoL to use on a coin, and it's not like the statue can be re-posed.

johnny9434

way cool .

PRECIOUSMENTAL

Thank You.
I knew that I saw that somewhere before.