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Let's step it up, huh? What do you think is the ugliest coin series ever minted?

saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭
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It doesn't matter if people collect them. This is not a politically-correct or "love thy neighbor" thing.

It's just an opinion. We all KNOW there are some FUGLY coins out there! image


OK...I can't stand that "googly faced 19th century stuff". Who designed them? Charles Schultz?
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  • DickyBetzDickyBetz Posts: 3,825
    Barber coins. Thats not Liberty...Thats a man!
  • jayboxxjayboxx Posts: 1,613 ✭✭
    Has to be St Gaudens...or SBA's and Eisenhower's

  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Shield nickels, a coin with two rev's.
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  • saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Barber coins. Thats not Liberty...Thats a man! >>




    IT'S PAT!!!!

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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 9,321 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a tie between "Old bald guy" coinage or the SBA dollar....or are they one in the same???image
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  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,611 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Barber is pretty terrible.. I love the design a** whooping that took place post Barber.
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  • 66RB66RB Posts: 2,516 ✭✭✭
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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,786 ✭✭✭
    Shield Nickels and Two Cent Pieces --- both have 2 reverses.
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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Shield Nickels and Two Cent Pieces --- both have 2 reverses. >>



    I give 2c more credit because they're copper.image
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  • LeianaLeiana Posts: 4,349 ✭
    Barber coins. image I was surprised when I learned it was supposed to be Lady Liberty.

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  • ShowtimeShowtime Posts: 127
    I would have to go with two cent peices I just don't get them or maybe SBA's even though I have a complete set...
  • saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭


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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    All coins are attractive. Some are just more attractive than others.

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  • saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭


    << <i>All coins are attractive. Some are just more attractive than others.

    Russ, NCNE >>




    WTF.....Is Russ OUT of insults? Is Russ OK? image
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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    Pretty much a tie between all the coins that feature real-life dead people instead of an allegorical representation of Liberty.
  • 66RB66RB Posts: 2,516 ✭✭✭
    Russ is very PC nowadays

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  • saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭
    so you mean the bald men coins? image
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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Russ is very PC nowadays

    Happy Talk only!image >>

    Unless MBT is involved in the discussion.
  • AU58WALKERSAU58WALKERS Posts: 3,562 ✭
    Barber=BUTTFUGLY
    "Everyday above ground is a good day"

  • jmj3esqjmj3esq Posts: 5,421 ✭
    Barber coins. Thats not Liberty...Thats a man!

    I totaly agree.
  • saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Barber coins. Thats not Liberty...Thats a man!

    I totaly agree. >>



    Hey Joe...Is that a boy with butterfly wings on THAT handsome coin in your sigline?image
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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,599 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Barber coins. Thats not Liberty...Thats a man!

    I totaly agree. >>



    Hey Joe...Is that a boy with butterfly wings on THAT handsome coin in your sigline?image >>



    You wish, tinkerbell.... image
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  • TonedbuffTonedbuff Posts: 1,190
    Definately SBA's. They are like Shar Pe dogs... so ugly that they are kind of cute...
    But, let's not blame the designer on this one. Susan was not an... ahem... attractive subject to work with. No amount of creative license was going to fix that.
  • saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Barber coins. Thats not Liberty...Thats a man!

    I totaly agree. >>



    Hey Joe...Is that a boy with butterfly wings on THAT handsome coin in your sigline?image >>



    You wish, tinkerbell.... image >>




    Just because you used "winky" doesn't mean you're off the hook, Pedolio. image
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  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    Barber coins. Thats not Liberty...Thats a man!

    Bingo!! Tranny coins..... image
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  • rec78rec78 Posts: 5,930 ✭✭✭✭✭
    SBA;s get my vote
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  • mirabelamirabela Posts: 5,196 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It depends. Would you consider modern commemoratives a series? If so, they win hands down. While there are a number of nice designs -- Statue of Lib. half dollar, Columbus $5, Community Service or POW $1, for instance -- the majority of them are ugly as butt. Narrow it down even more to, say, modern Olympic commems, and it would be very hard to do worse.

    If we're insisting on circulating coinage, maybe ... the Roosevelt dime. Which is not to say I'd like a Reagan dime to take it's place!
    mirabela
  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    HERE'S THE UGLIEST COIN OF THE UGLIEST SERIES EVER MADE........




































































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    For real?? SBA, followed closely by the 3CS.
  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The ugliest coin series ever minted?SBA,and old baldy.Sorry Lucy
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  • OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,567 ✭✭✭✭✭
    any gold coin...makes no difference what the design it--it cannot overcome the intrinsic ugliness of the metal. Morgan dollars and Sacies, however, give gold a run for its money.
    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
  • saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭


    << <i>any gold coin...makes no difference what the design it--it cannot overcome the intrinsic ugliness of the metal. Morgan dollars and Sacies, however, give gold a run for its money. >>



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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,040 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Easy -- SBAs and Ikes
    When in doubt, don't.
  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,482 ✭✭✭
    sba's-ikes and barbers fer sure and those lil 3cent silver never did a thang fer me
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  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Liberty is all jacked up on the Morgan Dollar.

    Forehead shoots straight up into space
    Chin is huge
    Ear is too low
    Cheek is massive.


    YUK!
  • arlea1957arlea1957 Posts: 817
    No contest

    IKE, but as with the SBA I guess the designer had very little to work with....

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  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,127 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ikes and SBA's are a embarrasment to US coinage,.....Ikes strikes suck ( the Rev could have had potential), and SBA are just POS from the start
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  • dcarrdcarr Posts: 10,040 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Roosevelt Dime.
    Moonlight Mint
  • MajorDutyMajorDuty Posts: 1,998


    << <i>Barber coins. Thats not Liberty...Thats a man! >>



    My sentiments EXACTLY, especially the man part.
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  • greghansengreghansen Posts: 4,301 ✭✭✭
    I haven't seen too many Liberty Nickels that did much for me. SBA's & Ike's are too modern for me to pay much attention to. I kind of like the Ike reverse, but the obv. sure sucks all day long.

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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 9,321 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Barber coins. Thats not Liberty...Thats a man! >>



    The first time I ever saw a Barber coin, I thought it was supposed to be Libertys' husband. Seriously, the only woman I've ever seen that came remotely close to looking like that was on the Florida State University Womens Rugby team. She played second row and went about 6'2" and 225 lbs....eeeeek!!!

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  • lloydmincylloydmincy Posts: 1,861 ✭
    Saints and Barbers and Ikes. What a stupid question, Jay. You already know the answer... image
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,503 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm surprised someone hasn't already mentioned the Special Olympics commem silver dollar with Rose Kennedy. Whoever designed that coin didn't do her any favors.

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  • ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭
    #1= SBA
    #2= Barber
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  • ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭


    << <i>I'm surprised someone hasn't already mentioned the Special Olympics commem silver dollar with Rose Kennedy. Whoever designed that coin didn't do her any favors. >>


    Talking about a series, Perry.
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm surprised someone hasn't already mentioned the Special Olympics commem silver dollar with Rose Kennedy. >>



    Rose Kennedy is on that coin?

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,503 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>I'm surprised someone hasn't already mentioned the Special Olympics commem silver dollar with Rose Kennedy. >>



    Rose Kennedy is on that coin?

    Russ, NCNE >>



    You're right. Its Eunice Kennedy Shriver.




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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,503 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I'm surprised someone hasn't already mentioned the Special Olympics commem silver dollar with Rose Kennedy. Whoever designed that coin didn't do her any favors. >>


    Talking about a series, Perry. >>




    Isn't it part of the modern commem series? image





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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 29,907 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well, anything's collectible and I even collect the '96 through '98 quarters which
    are contenders for ugliest US coin. I've collected Morgans in the past as well and
    this coin has to be the hands down winner as ugliest US coin. Barbers aren't es-
    pecially attractive either.

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  • 09sVDB09sVDB Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭
    Definately the SBA dollar IMHO
  • ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>I'm surprised someone hasn't already mentioned the Special Olympics commem silver dollar with Rose Kennedy. Whoever designed that coin didn't do her any favors. >>


    Talking about a series, Perry. >>




    Isn't it part of the modern commem series? image >>


    Yeah, the majority of the coins are hideous. And the Shriver tops them all.image

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