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congrats on your purchase Moe! very nice coin you have
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Thank you to all for your kind words!  It's nice to see this Forum is for all collectors, beginning, middle and end, and all are congratulatory to each coin acquisition anyone has! I'm happy to be here! This Forum ROCKS! |
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Numismatics is kinda like athletic endeavor - someone will always be working at a different level, and nobody "wins" everything. It's an aspect of good sportsmanship to appreciate the efforts of others, even if they sometimes may exceed your own.
There are one heck of a lot of good sports at CCF.
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Well the "controversial" aspect has been pretty well covered. The engraving style was radically different (and it is sunken relief, not incuse). "they won't stack" (A charge leveled against almost every new coin back then.), to the supposed poor rendition of the indian. (It was said by the critics that the depiction showed a sickly individual not the healthy specimens people had come to expect. The "Healthy specimens" these critics were used to were depictions of caucasions wearing indian bonnets, or in some cases indians from eastern tribes. But the angular almost gaunt look seen on the coins is an accurate depiction of a plains indian. The hot dry climate tends to produce that look. See images of caucasions from the thirties who lived through the dust bowl years out west. They have that same look to them. Anyway Pratt said the model was healthy andin his prime, not sickly in any way.) And of course there was the claim that the sunken areas would catch and hold dirt and germs causing the coins to spread disease and contagion. But since the coins didn't really travel hand to hand that much and since gold also has some self-sterilization properties this wasn't ever a problem either.
The stacking clain was somewhat justified. Regular coins whe stacked rest on their rims far from the central high points and that distance adds stability. On the Pratt Indian coins that rim s replaced by the field which is braoder and right in close to the central high points. This makes stacks more wobbly and liable to fall over.
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Can anyone explain the controversy behind this coin? (C'mon Conder101! I KNOW you know!) Thank you Sir! Again, another thoughtful and insightful response. I always enjoy your answers! |
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Wow what a beautiful coin/design!
What is wrong with designers today? Does anyone like the c*r*a*p designs coming out today, especially the new Lincoln coins. Truly awful to my non artistic eye
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The only classic US coin with the incuse design. I think the quarter and half eagle Indian are two of my favorite US coins. In completing my Dansco gold page they were the first two that I purchased. They have a real classic look to them. Your's is a beauty. |
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That's a very lovely coin.
Take Care
Ben
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Beautiful coin and any collector in the forum would be proud to add it their collection. Great start to a difficult page to fill.
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I received one of these as a gift a couple of years ago - also my first gold coin. I love just staring at it. It's nice to know that whatever happens in the world or the coin market, that gold will be worth money!
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Posted 05/28/2009 12:17 am
