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  • messydesk
    messydesk Posts: 20,815 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    She's one toke over the line.

    It's hard to not see the Saint-Gaudens knockoff attributes of it, at which point you really see how inferior it is to his work. The concept could have been executed far better than it was.

    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
  • messydesk
    messydesk Posts: 20,815 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @topstuf said:
    "This headdress, however, features 13 rays of light, symbolizing the free and creative spirit of America’s people."

    And here all this time dumb old me thought it might have something to do with the 13 original states.
    Live and learn.... :s

    I figured it was inspired by this

    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
  • windwhispersintrees
    windwhispersintrees Posts: 605 ✭✭✭
    edited August 6, 2019 6:48PM
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    I like it. Don’t mind the stylizations or ethnic eyes. FWIW, Richard Masters pencil sketch does not show a heavy lower eyelid.
    It’s just a medal/coin, not the end of the world they’re trying something a bit different.

    "A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes"--Hugh Downs
  • ChangeInHistory
    ChangeInHistory Posts: 3,121 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The reverse is great, the obverse,...I like some elements and dislike others.

    Is it me or does she look angrier in the silver version?

  • messydesk
    messydesk Posts: 20,815 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @ChangeInHistory said:
    The reverse is great, the obverse,...I like some elements and dislike others.

    Is it me or does she look angrier in the silver version?

    Well, wouldn't you be a bit cheesed if your twin sister got gold and you just got silver?

    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
  • OPA
    OPA Posts: 17,166 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @messydesk said:

    @ChangeInHistory said:
    The reverse is great, the obverse,...I like some elements and dislike others.

    Is it me or does she look angrier in the silver version?

    Well, wouldn't you be a bit cheesed if your twin sister got gold and you just got silver?

    but, but it's 2.5 oz compared to 1 oz ;)

    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • oih82w8
    oih82w8 Posts: 13,209 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    "Yep...Im gonna pass it"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-FYFL-96QA&feature=youtu.be

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  • kbbpll
    kbbpll Posts: 542 ✭✭✭✭
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    I guess I'm in the minority. I love it.

  • ReadyFireAim
    ReadyFireAim Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 7, 2019 5:23AM
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    Marty Feldman's granddaughter?

    My Saint Set

  • lcoopie
    lcoopie Posts: 8,875 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The head is misshapen imo,
    It’s too pointy!

    pointy liberty

    LCoopie = Les
  • Nysoto
    Nysoto Posts: 3,833 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I like it a lot, a very creative and expressive emblem of Liberty. I would like to see a creative rendition of Liberty on circulating coinage.

    Robert Scot: Engraving Liberty - biography of US Mint's first chief engraver
  • Insider2
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    @Nysoto said:
    I like it a lot, a very creative and expressive emblem of Liberty. I would like to see a creative rendition of Liberty on circulating coinage.

    I'll bet Scott would agree with my opinion of that "pig." :p

  • Hydrant
    Hydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Insider2 said:
    Without reading this discussion...

    The obverse is an UGLY, UN-ARTISTIC, JOKE. Liberty is missing half of her head under a stupid "ray cap."

    I agree. It's horrible.

  • Nysoto
    Nysoto Posts: 3,833 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Insider2 said:

    I'll bet Scott would agree with my opinion of that "pig." :p

    Nah, Scot was more artistic than that, look at the creative artistry on the draped bust to right gold :)

    The new design is a great use of space and balance to emphasize patriotic symbols of Liberty that have been important since the original Great Seal of the US, in a modern portrayal.

    Robert Scot: Engraving Liberty - biography of US Mint's first chief engraver
  • Insider2
    Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'll bet Scott would agree with my opinion of that "pig." :p

    @Nysoto replied: "Nah, Scot was MORE ARTISTIC than that, look at the creative artistry on the draped bust to right gold :)

    Thanks, you just made my point! The obverse of this new issue is not artistic in the least FOR MY TASTE. That's all that counts FOR ME. I'm just posting an opinion that will not change any one or anything except for the fact that I will not purchase this UGLY COIN! Perhaps it will be another "Susie" dollar flop. :(

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