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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow those designs are really close.
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New Member
United States
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One of the engravers was lazy........
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1358 Posts |
I guess there's only so much that can be done with birds, trees, water, and mountains. That's why I like whenever a proposed design is daring enough to employ some other design element.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am just not a fan of changing designs and this is one of the reasons why. If you want a repeating design, then just make one.
Just my twenty five cents.
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Valued Member
United States
99 Posts |
Wow the bird closed its wings.
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Valued Member
United States
98 Posts |
Even the bird in the background is in a similar location. C'mon Delaware!
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Valued Member
United States
312 Posts |
Hmmmm looks too similar to me  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
898 Posts |
Great eye, but its a shame they're so similar. I'll probably get confused here and there.
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Valued Member
United States
461 Posts |
Well.... There are 2 coin designs that both feature birds of the region. I mean the two designs both feature birds so I guess they are similar. Not the same species but they both have wings! Yeah the mint must be getting lazy.... I'll bet both coins have a similar obverse too.... Probably due to laziness as well.
Or maybe it could be a depiction of 2 of our national parks featuring birds that struggled in that region until those parks were established.... Probably not though. Probably just laziness at the mint
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hmm...possibly on to something fromms, but just for fun, I'm still going with laziness. That's just me being lazy though. It's contagious! I can't stop!
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Perhaps it's because I lived in Delaware for a while, but I like it. In fact I like all the designs for 2015 except the final issue, Saratoga. Remember there were many design candidates and this was chosen out of a group. I suppose similarities are unavoidable when you feature a wading bird standing in water. In the below link you can see all the design candidates. http://news.coinupdate.com/ccac-rev...esigns-3154/We have several "quadruped-in-a-field-with-a-mountain-backdrop" designs (and likely more to come) so I'm not terribly concerned about mixing up Bombay Hook and Everglades. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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We have several "quadruped-in-a-field-with-a-mountain-backdrop" designs (and likely more to come) Very valid point. Personally I think both of these fowl designs are for the birds.  Seriously though, I think at least a mirror image of the newer one would have been a better way to go just for a bit more variety. These are very different when someone takes the time to look at them, but few people outside coin collectors will. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Those birds look much too healthy for Delaware.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's a classical framing of wildlife that follows the so-called "golden ratio."
They should have been a bit more careful though. It's a bit too similar. :-)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Those birds look much too healthy for Delaware. I wasn't aware that Delaware was a haven for sickly birds. What makes you say that, OldSkool? |
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