Concept Art - 2026 Grant Half Dollar

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DesertCoin
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Drew this freehand last year. Based on the original Grand 50¢.

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  • TPring
    TPring Posts: 388 ✭✭✭
    edited March 10, 2026 11:08PM
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    Good ol' Useless Grant... I prefer Robert E Lee.

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,047 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @TPring said:
    Good ol' Useless Grant... I prefer Robert E Lee.

    Yikes. Takes courage to say that out loud these days.

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • RedRocket
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    @jmlanzaf said:

    @TPring said:
    Good ol' Useless Grant... I prefer Robert E Lee.

    Yikes. Takes courage to say that out loud these days.

    Using a useless, untraceable name on a chat board on the internet?
    Not that much of a hero...

  • World67
    World67 Posts: 13,098 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @jmlanzaf said:

    @TPring said:
    Good ol' Useless Grant... I prefer Robert E Lee.

    Yikes. Takes courage to say that out loud these days.

    It used to be widely understood that Confederate Generals were much more effective by almost any measure. Grant understood the math though, which is why the Union had 100k+ more dead than the South. Winners write the history books.

  • Glen2022
    Glen2022 Posts: 1,005 ✭✭✭✭
    edited March 11, 2026 9:56AM
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    TPring. You prefer Lee, a traitor?

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,047 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @RedRocket said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @TPring said:
    Good ol' Useless Grant... I prefer Robert E Lee.

    Yikes. Takes courage to say that out loud these days.

    Using a useless, untraceable name on a chat board on the internet?
    Not that much of a hero...

    Lol. I didn't say hero.

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,047 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Morgan White said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @TPring said:
    Good ol' Useless Grant... I prefer Robert E Lee.

    Yikes. Takes courage to say that out loud these days.

    It used to be widely understood that Confederate Generals were much more effective by almost any measure. Grant understood the math though, which is why the Union had 100k+ more dead than the South. Winners write the history books.

    Not really my point.

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • 124Spider
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    @jmlanzaf said:

    @TPring said:
    Good ol' Useless Grant... I prefer Robert E Lee.

    Yikes. Takes courage to say that out loud these days.

    Or something....

  • Russell12
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    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Glen2022 said:
    TPring. You prefer Lee, a traitor?

    The South never wanted to overthrow the U.S. government, they only wanted the right to secede.

    This is starting to get too political, BUT, the south "only wanted the right to secede", no they only wanted the other "S" word.

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,047 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 11, 2026 2:11PM
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    @Russell12 said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Glen2022 said:
    TPring. You prefer Lee, a traitor?

    The South never wanted to overthrow the U.S. government, they only wanted the right to secede.

    This is starting to get too political, BUT, the south "only wanted the right to secede", no they only wanted the other "S" word.

    That is a separate point.

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • DesertCoin
    DesertCoin Posts: 481 ✭✭✭
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    @Russell12 said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Glen2022 said:
    TPring. You prefer Lee, a traitor?

    The South never wanted to overthrow the U.S. government, they only wanted the right to secede.

    This is starting to get too political, BUT, the south "only wanted the right to secede", no they only wanted the other "S" word.

    The south was legally right and morally wrong. That’s where I’d leave it.

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  • mlittle
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    @Glen2022 said:
    TPring. You prefer Lee, a traitor?

    General Lee was not a traitor. Read the Declaration of Independence and history books other than the "yankee" ones.

  • Overdate
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    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Glen2022 said:
    TPring. You prefer Lee, a traitor?

    The South never wanted to overthrow the U.S. government, they only wanted the right to secede.

    >
    I'm pretty sure that at least 38% of the population in the South wanted a different right entirely.

  • TwoSides2aCoin
    TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,217 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 14, 2026 6:31PM
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    .

  • jmlanzaf
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    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • TPring
    TPring Posts: 388 ✭✭✭
    edited March 14, 2026 9:08PM
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    @Overdate said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Glen2022 said:
    TPring. You prefer Lee, a traitor?

    The South never wanted to overthrow the U.S. government, they only wanted the right to secede.

    >
    I'm pretty sure that at least 38% of the population in the South wanted a different right entirely.

    I'm pretty sure that at least 53% of statistics are made up on the spot.

  • Overdate
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    @TPring said:

    @Overdate said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Glen2022 said:
    TPring. You prefer Lee, a traitor?

    The South never wanted to overthrow the U.S. government, they only wanted the right to secede.

    >
    I'm pretty sure that at least 38% of the population in the South wanted a different right entirely.

    I'm pretty sure that at least 53% of statistics are made up on the spot.

    >
    My source is the 1860 U.S. Census. The enslaved accounted for 38.69% of the population of the South. In Mississippi and South Carolina, they were actually a majority.

  • PerryHall
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    @jmlanzaf said:

    I'm waiting for someone to complain that he's not holding an olive branch in his other hand. :D

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • johnny9434
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    @Mr_Spud said:
    Just playing around

    😎

  • jesbroken
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    @PerryHall said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    I'm waiting for someone to complain that he's not holding an olive branch in his other hand. :D

    The Olive Branch is behind the cabin. lol
    Jim


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