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I forgot I actually have a note with breasts. Personally I think it's well done, and it was common for its time.   |
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United States
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I guess bare breasts were actually more common on the postage stamps than they were on coins. As recent as a hundred years ago, the bare-breasted Standing Liberty quarter of 1916 and 1917 met with such a public outcry that her breast was covered with chain link armor. https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/bar...arter-768789The most recent coin I came across with a woman's breast being shown was the the mother breastfeeding child Egyptian coin from 1979 celebrating The Year of the Child. So perhaps it is still pretty much a taboo subject. |
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Quote:As recent as a hundred years ago, the bare-breasted Standing Liberty quarter of 1916 and 1917 met with such a public outcry that her breast was covered with chain link armor. That's actually not true at all. There was no instance of people upset about the bare breasts. The major uproar was that a bare body looked weak and unprotected. https://www.coinworld.com/voices/ge...over-up.htmlhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/hist...t-180962088/Even the article you posted states that: " However, the amount of influence generated by the public is open to speculation as well. Some historians indicate that public outcry was minuscule and had no effect on the upcoming redesign of the Standing Liberty quarter. Other historians believe it was a major influence on the redesign of the Standing Liberty quarter. Unfortunately, there is no solid evidence indicating which perspective is correct." But never the less welcome aboard! Edited by hfjacinto
02/10/2021 8:33 pm
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United States
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Thank you for the welcome. While the degree of public outcry aspect that affected the final outcome is very debatable, I do find the spin on the wartime chainlink vest to be a covert cover-up. Since it happened over a century ago, we may never know the truth. Just my 2cents  Edited by vulcanize
02/10/2021 9:09 pm
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United States
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Correct, the same can be said about war time "nickels" as the amount of nickel saved was minuscule. The prevailing wisdom being to save nickel for the war effort but propaganda that the mint was also "doing its part" makes as much sense.
Although, for the SLQ I don't believe morality was much an issue as several large notes had breasts including the $20 large note I posted.
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02/10/2021 9:14 pm
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United States
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I have come across numerous debates on other forums with very many theories getting thrown around. It could perhaps be due to various aspects and agendas but the public outcry seems to be the most popular theory out there getting more credence due to the puritans of the turn of the century victorian era. The weak SLQ strikes could be the primary reason which led to the a few updates incorporated during its lifespan. Incidentally, the Trade dollar too definitely looks like she has the right one out. |
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Personally I want to preface I like nudity (except for fat old guys, you can keep your clothes on). I would love to have coins like the 1916/1917 SLQ and $20 National Currency back in circulation. I'm done with old guys in our currency and coins!
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Pillar of the Community
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It has been artistically acceptable for a very long time.
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Of course, it's almost dead center on the Libertad.  |
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United States
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I concur. Not many may agree but a few of the colorized silver rounds being offered by premium-silver-collectables premium-silver-collectables on ebay looks pretty good. https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_nk...ables&_sop=1Have picked up the colorized standing liberty version. The colored Libertads are a tad pricey.   Edited to add a close up picture of the four painted standing liberty silver rounds that I have. Edited by vulcanize
02/11/2021 12:57 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Cuba issued a series of 1-peso coins showing Pirates of the Caribbean (well, some agency issued them for Cuba, as I doubt if these coins actually circulated in Cuba)! I wonder if Anne Bonny really did go around dressed like this?  Edited by NumisRob
02/11/2021 3:55 pm
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Thank you to all who have shared their wealth of information on this subject, you have expanded my knowledge in many different ways.
On a side note, for some reason, I feel an urge to move to France now...
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To me modern coins showing breasts are tasteless. I think there is some coin from some African country like Guinea or Niger (Some Francophone thing) and it has a big breasted woman called Femme Somba and I consider the tackiest and nastiest coin ever made (Part of that c1970 gold and silver coin set craze in "Third World" countries that ensured such coins will never be worth over melt).
As for the French, well their attitude towards sexuality has always been rather liberal by our British and Northern European standards. Well, looks like there were more of them - for example - 1964 BAVARIA ARGENTEUS SILVER DUCAT - with the following medal. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-BAVAR...274045625216Steep price though. Edited by vulcanize
02/15/2021 9:32 pm
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Cuba issued a series of 1-peso coins showing Pirates of the Caribbean (well, some agency issued them for Cuba, as I doubt if these coins actually circulated in Cuba)! I wonder if Anne Bonny really did go around dressed like this? That one sure was new to me. Apparently minted by Tower Mint, London https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces39746.htmlThe below link picture from wiki makes it really intriguing to say the least. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...97-1720).jpgEdited to add numista and picture link Edited by vulcanize
02/15/2021 11:26 pm
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Russian Federation
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Technically no nipples (...I think - it's hard to tell at this resolution), and in fact technically not even bare breasts, but the Italian 20 centesimi from 1908-1922 looks pretty darn close...  (When I posted it in a Discord chat recently someone said that it looks like she just returned from a wet t-shirt contest.) |
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