I realize this is not a U.S.Coin ... but why can't the U.S.Mint design coins like this ?
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1891 Switzerland Medal (PCGS MS63BN)
This is beautiful. Wow.
IMHO a similar design would make a cool looking new US Circulating coin.
Maybe a new Quarter or Half ...
or what the heck even a new US Cent (the lincoln has been going for 108 years).
Modify it a bit and toss a 2018 date on it and I'd be all in.
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That is pretty.
But it's not a coin. Also, and I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong, but Switzerland has used essentially the same designs on their coins for almost a century. They're not bad, but they're not spectacular in my opinion:
Conversely, this is a United States medal from within a year or two of that Swiss medal:
--Severian the Lame
Basically, another St. Gaudens double eagle?
I think it's all about mass production, not quality. It's about having a simple, low relief design that results in the longest possible die life and number of strikes. Also, some of the most classic designs of the past may have started as drawings, but those drawings and the coin versions were done as sculpture by sculptors (St. Gaudens, Brenner, MacNeil, Weinman, Fraser (both of them), and others). I think what we have now are illustrations by illustrators that are 'converted' to coin relief in many cases, so they still look like illustrations instead of mini pieces of sculpture.
I'd like to see an American mass-produced, business-strike coin that is struck from a hand-engraved master. It seemed to work plenty well for buff nickels, the Barber series, Lincolns, etc. Modern cartoon coins like the spaghetti-hair Washington or the many recent comment designs are embarrassing.
Any upgrade in designs would be great...at all!
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That is a really cool high relief design!
It gives me a Saint Gaudens/Walking Liberty Vibe!
Cmerlo1, I think your analysis is brilliant. You're very insightful. I thank you.
Yep, what he said! To much "modern" design.
Engraving is a lost art
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It is a beautiful medal... I agree, our coin designs need help.... I understand the processing issues, but for a world leader, our coins should be much better in the art department. Cheers, RickO
Well said.
They can produce it, but they won't.
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You wanna see a purdy medal, just look at mercurydimeguy's avatar.
I think he should send it to me for the publicity.
I think that would be way cool, however in this day we live in, some might think it's
to Angelic and probably be offended by something so beautiful, and they would whine
and protest and etc etc etc. But I for one like it.
Steve
Nothing special there. Probably even worse than US coin design.