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Eagle images on US coins - Which is best?

Moose1913Moose1913 Posts: 402 ✭✭✭
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Of all the eagles, on all the coins, which is best?
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  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
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  • RTSRTS Posts: 1,408 ✭
    My favorites include the Henry Kreis Connecticut Tercentenary and Bridgeport Centennial.
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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,166 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
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  • NumisMeNumisMe Posts: 841 ✭✭
    Here are links to a couple of previous threads about this subjuct:

    Link #1

    Link # 2


    By the way, I happen to like the swept wing image on the reverse of the SAC Dollars. image
  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭
    For some reason I prefer this odd rendition, which also graces the reverse of the trade dollar:

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    If I had to choose a second favorite, it would be the eagle portrayed on the incuse indian head quarter and half eagles, and the indian eagle like this:

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    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.
  • Moose1913Moose1913 Posts: 402 ✭✭✭
    NumisMe,

    Thanks for the additional links. Found another:

    Depictions of Eagles on US Coins: Best and Worst?
    I pick things up
    I am a collector
    And things, well things
    They tend to accumulate
  • 50cents50cents Posts: 1,320
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  • JDelageJDelage Posts: 724 ✭✭
    I like the POW commem best of all, I think. The St Gaudens $10 is superb too.
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  • allegriallegri Posts: 405 ✭
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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,443 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭
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  • 100proof1957100proof1957 Posts: 6,231 ✭
    Walker !
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  • CurleyCurley Posts: 134
    For me it has to be the Flying Eagle cent...followed closely by the Bella Lyon Pratt golds.
  • ModernDollarNutModernDollarNut Posts: 886


    << <i>Of all the eagles, on all the coins, which is best? >>



    DARN, you guys are gonna soften my devotion to Ikes and Suzzies with pictures like these!! Just fabulous shots of wondrous coins! Rob
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  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,997 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,608 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Saint Gaudens double eagle and the Sacagawea dollar both have nice eagles.

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  • carlcarl Posts: 2,054 ✭
    I've always wondered why so many of our coins have Eagles on them. Why not Falcons, Hawks, Roosters, etc? Everywhere I go I see Pigeons, not Eagles, so why not put Pigeons on some of the coins. Anyone know?
    Carl
  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭


    << <i>My favorites include the Henry Kreis Connecticut Tercentenary and Bridgeport Centennial. >>



    i second that image
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  • JDelageJDelage Posts: 724 ✭✭


    << <i>I've always wondered why so many of our coins have Eagles on them. Why not Falcons, Hawks, Roosters, etc? Everywhere I go I see Pigeons, not Eagles, so why not put Pigeons on some of the coins. Anyone know? >>



    The Bald Eagle is the emblem of the United States - that's also why it is on most official sceals. Ben Franklin felt it was a bad choice and recommended the Turkey instead.

    This being said, the large Pan-Pac Commem "slugs" had a Great Horned Owl on the reverse. I like them...
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  • JDelageJDelage Posts: 724 ✭✭
    Edited... Dble post, sorry.
    "The greatest productive force is human selfishness."
    Robert A. Heinlein
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,443 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • CurleyCurley Posts: 134
    As I recall, federal law requires all silver and gold coins >$.10 to include an Eagle on the coin. That is why the tiny eagle was added to the reverse of the Franklin half.
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've always liked this one

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  • PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 5,997 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They are all better than the Turkey that Ben Franklin wanted as the national bird!!
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  • BoggledMindBoggledMind Posts: 144 ✭✭
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    http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/9819/eagleb6rc.jpg

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  • xbobxbob Posts: 1,979 ✭
    Here's a neat one:

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    -Bob
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  • BoggledMindBoggledMind Posts: 144 ✭✭
    VERY nice photo of that coin. It was the one I was going to use, but I couldn't get a very good photo of it. But after seeing that one, I tried again:

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    http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/6704/eaglec2we.jpg

    Still no where near as good as that one. Mine is NGC PF70 Ultra Cameo.
  • xbobxbob Posts: 1,979 ✭
    Not too shabby Boggledmind! Mine is a 69DCAM in PCGS. I took it using the Marty/Russ inspired lampshade light diffusion method and a Coolpix 775 on macro setting.
    -Bob
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  • BikingnutBikingnut Posts: 3,397 ✭✭✭
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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    I love the eagle on the back of the Connecticut commemorative. He's a SERIOUS bad ass!

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  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This one gets my vote all the way. Second is the $10 Indian.

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  • shylockshylock Posts: 4,288 ✭✭✭
    Baley's modern eagle is one of my favorites, great image too.

    And I love Lake's example.
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    I love the defiant eagle, especially in bronze.

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    But I have a profound respect for all the eagle designs on US coins.

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  • orevilleoreville Posts: 12,121 ✭✭✭✭✭
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