1906 pattern
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Never seen this before.
Steve
The original is a very well executed design and Liberty is very pleasing.
Although I prefer the Reverse, I think this pattern is a classic.
The coin shown in the link from an eBay auction is an aboration.
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the obverse is disgusting. It can't look like that. It just can't.
I found a picture on "Coin Facts," but I'm not sure that our hosts would be happy with me if I produced it here.
Ed. S.
(EJS)
This remake, on the other hand, is dreadful.
--Severian the Lame
<< <i>This remake, on the other hand, is dreadful. >>
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<< <i>The original is attractive, but looks like a period French Jeton to me. Not like a US coin. Nothing wrong with that, it just doesn't have that special something.
This remake, on the other hand, is dreadful. >>
The original is definitely influenced by French designs of the time.
I don't know who the "Smithsonian" hires to do these remakes, but they could do a lot better.
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<< <i>The original is attractive, but looks like a period French Jeton to me. Not like a US coin. Nothing wrong with that, it just doesn't have that special something.
This remake, on the other hand, is dreadful. >>
The original is definitely influenced by French designs of the time. >>
The design looks very 19th century to me, both the obverse and the reverse (with the latter being designed in 1891). When did the French start using designs like this? I'm glad TR went with SG. With this design I don't think there would have been a Renaissance of American coinage. That being said, I appreciate it as a pattern and a study in competing designs of the time. One looked forward while the other looked back. It kind of reminds me of Gasparro's SBA coin and Lady Liberty pattern where one was forward-looking and the other was backward-looking.
<< <i>I don't know who the "Smithsonian" hires to do these remakes, but they could do a lot better. >>
Hiring someone that is more faithful to the original and well-known could make these more collectible. These are basically gold rounds but if they did a better job, I could see better versions gaining more of a following. Does anyone know who makes these?
<< <i>The french design is nicer >>
Thanks for the comparison Steve. It does appear something was lost in the translation from Roty's Marianne. Barber's version bears some similarities to his then current designs which had been running for some time.
<< <i>The original is attractive, but looks like a period French Jeton to me. Not like a US coin. Nothing wrong with that, it just doesn't have that special something.
This remake, on the other hand, is dreadful. >>
The original is nicer than the remake for sure. But it's not much different from the Liberty on all of Barber's other designs; it's just facing the other way and wearing a different hat.
Reverse is killer.
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<< <i>The original is attractive, but looks like a period French Jeton to me. Not like a US coin. Nothing wrong with that, it just doesn't have that special something.
This remake, on the other hand, is dreadful. >>
The original is nicer than the remake for sure. But it's not much different from the Liberty on all of Barber's other designs; it's just facing the other way and wearing a different hat.
Reverse is killer. >>
The reverse is actually the obverse for Barber's non-selected 1891 standing Columbia pattern half dollar. That's why this pattern has two Lady Liberties, one on each side.
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<< <i>The original is attractive, but looks like a period French Jeton to me. Not like a US coin. Nothing wrong with that, it just doesn't have that special something.
This remake, on the other hand, is dreadful. >>
The original is definitely influenced by French designs of the time.
I don't know who the "Smithsonian" hires to do these remakes, but they could do a lot better. >>
If you go back and compare the look of Ms. Liberty on the Barber dime, quarter and half dollar with the young Victoria head on the English coinage, you will see a similarity. Charles Barber was very much influenced by the 19th century English coinage.
Even his father, William Barber was so much better.
<< <i>This coin, designed by Charles Barber, was his version of the contender for America's most beautiful coin. Compare it with the 1907 design (at left) by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, considered by many to be the more artistic coin. >>
Did Charles Barber think of his design as a contender for "America's most beautiful coin" or did he think of his design as a contender for the $20 double eagle?
If this was his best effort against Saint Gaudens, it really makes him look like sterile and uninspired.
--Severian the Lame