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Concept Art - 2026 Grant Half Dollar

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

“Land of the free because of the brave”
“Saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone”
In Deo solo confidimus

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  • TPringTPring Posts: 315 ✭✭✭
    edited March 10, 2026 11:08PM

    Good ol' Useless Grant... I prefer Robert E Lee.

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 40,034 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @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.

  • RedRocketRedRocket Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭✭

    @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...

  • Morgan WhiteMorgan White Posts: 13,088 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @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.

  • Glen2022Glen2022 Posts: 990 ✭✭✭✭
    edited March 11, 2026 9:56AM

    TPring. You prefer Lee, a traitor?

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 40,034 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @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.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 40,034 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @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.

  • 124Spider124Spider Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @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....

  • Russell12Russell12 Posts: 702 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @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.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 40,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 11, 2026 2:11PM

    @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.

  • DesertCoinDesertCoin Posts: 169 ✭✭✭

    @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.

    “Land of the free because of the brave”
    “Saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone”
    In Deo solo confidimus

  • mlittlemlittle Posts: 165 ✭✭✭

    @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.

  • OverdateOverdate Posts: 7,304 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @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.

  • DesertCoinDesertCoin Posts: 169 ✭✭✭

    @Mr_Spud said:
    Just playing around

    Actually love how that turned out.

    “Land of the free because of the brave”
    “Saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone”
    In Deo solo confidimus

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,933 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 14, 2026 6:31PM
  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 40,034 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

  • TPringTPring Posts: 315 ✭✭✭
    edited March 14, 2026 9:08PM

    @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.

    Just remember...the advice you receive on the site is worth every bit of what you paid for it.

  • OverdateOverdate Posts: 7,304 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @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.

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,367 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @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
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,082 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Mr_Spud said:
    Just playing around

    😎

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 11,077 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @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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