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2015 Platinum Proof Approved Design
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Interesting design.
If the coin is only going to be minted at West Point, would it be cleaner to not display a mint mark?
If the coin is only going to be minted at West Point, would it be cleaner to not display a mint mark?
that W costs extra.
Don't like it. Are the girl and eagle giant, or is it just a globe and not the real planet?
Sun looks funny too.
Damn I'm getting really cynical about coins lately. Sorry.
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
What happened to the "thumb" of Michigan?
The same thing that happened to the "tail" of New Jersey.
Sun looks funny too.
Damn I'm getting really cynical about coins lately. Sorry.
You don't like the clip art effect? I agree with you.
The whole design is overdone. The "sun" and the Earth could be left out and it would improve the design.
I knew it would happen.
Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner.
Look at the right side of the Earth. The PH balance is off..........
US Mint Sculptor–Engraver Phebe Hemphill can probably assist with that.
The design is by US Mint Artistic Infusion Program artist Joel Iskowitz who designed the Arizona and DC state quarters.
What happened to the "thumb" of Michigan?
Looks like Lake Huron ate it. Oh well, it is only Detroit, Saginaw and Bay City.
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Don't like it. Are the girl and eagle giant, or is it just a globe and not the real planet?
Sun looks funny too.
Damn I'm getting really cynical about coins lately. Sorry.
You don't like the clip art effect? I agree with you.
The whole design is overdone. The "sun" and the Earth could be left out and it would improve the design.
I was recently surveyed by the mint. I majorly dinged them for Smartpost and the Design-by-Committee coins...
The reverse looks like Liberty is getting ready to swat the eagle with her torch ...
It does, sorta.
"Here, Eagle, Eagle... look what I have here for you in my left hand..."
*whack!*
That being said, I do think it is a handsome design, and I like it.
What happened to the "thumb" of Michigan?
Global warming, I suppose.
That's pretty observant. There might be people in Michigan itself who wouldn't have noticed that.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
(BTW... I will not be a buyer)
I find it rather insulting for our country to have this on our coinage, but again, that is JMHO and to each their own....
There seems to be a size mismatch between Liberty and the eagle. The bird on the coin looks more like a miniature falcon:
I'd sink my talons into her. Hubba hubba.
Wait... what? Who just hijacked my account and typed that rubbish?
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Well, just Love coins, period.
I think it's horrible. A domesticated, subdued, diminutive eagle being dominated by a female figure that is supposed to be 'liberty'? And a setting sun in the background? Not sure what the implied intent was for this design, but it says a lot to me and it is not inspiring. But perhaps it is very suitable for our country's place in the world today. JMO...
(BTW... I will not be a buyer)
Don't think the Sun is "setting." The perspective is from space with the Earth in the foreground and the Sun in the background. On the Earth depicted, there would be some people near one terminator for whom the Sun is rising, and other people on the other side of the world for whom the Sun is setting. Happens all day long.
The reverse looks like Liberty is getting ready to swat the eagle with her torch ...
It does, sorta.
"Here, Eagle, Eagle... look what I have here for you in my left hand..."
*whack!*
That being said, I do think it is a handsome design, and I like it.
What happened to the "thumb" of Michigan?
Global warming, I suppose.
That's pretty observant. There might be people in Michigan itself who wouldn't have noticed that.
I am a Michigander by birth, and my grandmother grew up in the "thumb."
U.S. coinage.... Cheers, RickO
Are the details on the coin going to be granular finish?, I'm not a fan of tht type of finish.
Yeah, the eagle appears to be of strange proportions / perspective. The left wing tip extending to the rim (and beyond) with the R and I on top of the feathers looks goofy.
MHO
Are the details on the coin going to be granular finish?, I'm not a fan of tht type of finish.
Yeah, the eagle appears to be of strange proportions / perspective. The left wing tip extending to the rim (and beyond) with the R and I on top of the feathers looks goofy.
MHO
Unfortunately, this laser-pockmarked finish for the frosting is the new norm.
Unfortunately, this laser-pockmarked finish for the frosting is the new norm.
They do it on all the coins now.
There seems to be a size mismatch between Liberty and the eagle. The bird on the coin looks more like a miniature falcon:
I took these pics at the ANA in 2008 in Baltimore......more of a girl and her bald eagle........
Lots of captions come to mind here.......
I knew it would happen.
There are some things about the design that I like.
But one thing that does seem odd to me is look how short the upraised forearm is, from elbow to wrist.
And the back foot seems a little odd also.
(ok, that's two things).
PS:
Phoebe Hemphill is perhaps the best US Mint Sculptor (in my opinion).
But I don't know any artist that likes to sculpt something that was designed by somebody else.