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What do you think of new Olympic Maple Leaf?
CaptHenway
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This is a question of aesthetics, not the bullion market.
What do you think of the new gold maple leaf being issued for the 2010 Olympics, showing the eagle at the top of a totem pole? You can see images at www.apmex.com.
I understand that the totem pole is an important symbol in northwest North American culture. There is a wonderful collection of totem poles in a beautiful city park down by the water in Vancouver, where the games are being held.
However, the design just doesn't do anything for me, and the flurry of tiny maple leaves around the eagle (which allow them to call it a maple leaf) look like lint marks.
Any opinions?
TD
What do you think of the new gold maple leaf being issued for the 2010 Olympics, showing the eagle at the top of a totem pole? You can see images at www.apmex.com.
I understand that the totem pole is an important symbol in northwest North American culture. There is a wonderful collection of totem poles in a beautiful city park down by the water in Vancouver, where the games are being held.
However, the design just doesn't do anything for me, and the flurry of tiny maple leaves around the eagle (which allow them to call it a maple leaf) look like lint marks.
Any opinions?
TD
Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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If so, it's not for me.
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I also don't like the obverse composition.
Real picky, ain't I?
i can live with the rev this year.
<< <i>That's it.
I also don't like the obverse composition.
Real picky, ain't I? >>
naa, not so great there.
Libby the 2 is getting a bit long in the tooth, time to crown a prince as king so we can see some of those hotties he hangs with as queen
I also don't like the current or even the last design of the Queen. She looks less than attractive and brings the eye appeal of the coin down. The first portrait used on the Maples was of a young, thin and vibrant Queen. That portrait paired with the standard Maple reverse is a work of art.
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