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What would you say is the quintessential US coin design?
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Imagine you are traveling abroad and get into a difficult situation (car breaks down, no hotels, whatever).
A friendly native comes to your aid. He has spent his life in a remote tribal area but his grandfather once traveled to America and told him many things about its history, geography, and culture, and taught him a little English as well.
What one US coin would you give him in gratitude, and to sum up our nation?
I would think maybe a Buffalo nickel (or dollar of the same design). Or maybe an Oregon Trail half? Then again, something with the Statue of Liberty on it might be good.
A friendly native comes to your aid. He has spent his life in a remote tribal area but his grandfather once traveled to America and told him many things about its history, geography, and culture, and taught him a little English as well.
What one US coin would you give him in gratitude, and to sum up our nation?
I would think maybe a Buffalo nickel (or dollar of the same design). Or maybe an Oregon Trail half? Then again, something with the Statue of Liberty on it might be good.
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Shows something Presidential. Has the Statue of Liberty on reverse. It's gold and shiny.
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This one does it for me...
1927 $20 Gold Saint Gaudens Double Eagle
Stuart
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The Saint-Gaudens double eagle is pretty, but it could just as easily be
19th- or early-20th-century German, British, or French if you remove the words.
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The Buffalo nickel, no question.
The Saint-Gaudens double eagle is pretty, but it could just as easily be
19th- or early-20th-century German, British, or French if you remove the words.
Agreed- I had exactly the same thoughts.
I do like guitarwes' pick of a GW Prez buck. With both Washington and the Statue of Liberty on it, that covers two essential American icons.
(Would be a lot cheaper than giving away a Saint, too.)
But Stuart is also right- despite its somewhat European flavor, the Saint is not a bad choice. And one could also argue that the Statue of Liberty is itself very French, not only in origin but in style.
The Walker is another good pick but also inspired by its European contemporaries.
The Buffalo nickel or Oregon Trail half, on the other hand, seem much more purely American in inspiration.
Imagine you are traveling abroad
What's so funny about the hypothetical scenario, keets? Pick your own if you like.
I thought maybe you would have posted a Jefferson nickel, which actually wouldn't have been a bad choice, either. Jefferson and Monticello are both quintessential American icons.
(Edited for spelling fix. Autocorrect "corrected" your name to "meets".)
Imagine you are traveling abroad and get into a difficult situation (car breaks down, no hotels, whatever).
A friendly native comes to your aid. He has spent his life in a remote tribal area but his grandfather once traveled to America and told him many things about its history, geography, and culture, and taught him a little English as well.
What one US coin would you give him in gratitude, and to sum up our nation?
I would think maybe a Buffalo nickel (or dollar of the same design). Or maybe an Oregon Trail half? Then again, something with the Statue of Liberty on it might be good.
Filing Official WTF, premise is hotel desk 4am. MHO. JFC. Srsly. Go capture some bats, instead. Use a net.
(I may work overnight front desk at a hotel, but posted this in the daytime, closer to 4 PM than 4 AM.)
Back on track. The quintessential American coin design.
Some of the ATB quarters also come to mind. Better yet, those 1-oz. proof platinums with the "Vistas of Liberty" or whatever they called it.
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Walking Liberty Half.... I believe this depicts America on obverse and reverse. Cheers,RickO
I'm with ricko
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Buffalo nickel, respect for indigenous people
Winged liberty, freedom of thought
Walker, sowing the seats if democracy
Standing lib, Morgan, basically any Colombia figure in the place of kings images
When our money is migrating abroad, and you can bet it is, we should advertise our values on them. Not place aristocrats and dignitaries for whom nobody can really relate to.
When our money is migrating abroad, and you can bet it is, we should advertise our values on them. Not place aristocrats and dignitaries for whom nobody can really relate to.
Well said.