The reason the Peace dollar resembles Saint-Gaudens' Nike-Erini (Victory - Peace) medal is that a bust of the portrait was loaned to deFrancisci after his initial coin design was accepted by the Commission of Fine Arts. The bust belonged to Jim Fraser, who was the sculptor-member of the Commission at the time. It was Fraser who "supervised" deFrancisci's work through creation of the low relief models in early February 1922.
You can find out a lot more, and see images of deFrancisci's designs and sketches in "Renaissance of American Coinage 1916-1921," pages 181–242. The ANA library has copies for loan to members. The book can also be bought from coin dealers and from major book store chains. The ISBN number is 0-9768986-0-8.
I read through all the questions and man, that guy can get on your nerves fast. Answers the questions just barely, and signs off with "talk to you soon". Why? Is he that lonely? I figure, you answered (or attempted to answer) the question--so, the "talking" part is now over. Odd sign off.
The sculptor's wife, Teresa, was the only living person to model for the Peace dollar obverse. But the artist's version of the Liberty portrait was a composite, as were virtually all allegorical portraits. DeFrancisci emphasized this whenever he was asked to identify a model for the Peace dollar. The final version synthesizes the original composite with the Saint-Gaudens portrait. (RAC 1916-1921 has other portraits of Teresa in addition to the one above, published in many newspapers in January 1922.)
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That is a spectacular item! Too bad bidding is over $4K.
The reason the Peace dollar resembles Saint-Gaudens' Nike-Erini (Victory - Peace) medal is that a bust of the portrait was loaned to deFrancisci after his initial coin design was accepted by the Commission of Fine Arts. The bust belonged to Jim Fraser, who was the sculptor-member of the Commission at the time. It was Fraser who "supervised" deFrancisci's work through creation of the low relief models in early February 1922.
You can find out a lot more, and see images of deFrancisci's designs and sketches in "Renaissance of American Coinage 1916-1921," pages 181–242. The ANA library has copies for loan to members. The book can also be bought from coin dealers and from major book store chains. The ISBN number is 0-9768986-0-8.
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and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
--Severian the Lame
and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
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