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Valued Member
 Canada
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Guess I should answer my own question. My favorite design is 14 but I think it would have been better if they had scaled the design down slightly and spelled out "one cent" along the bottom.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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LP 11 - Lady Liberty  |
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United States
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I never saw these either! My top 5 would be 1,4,9,12, & 17. I think I like 17 the most.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I it had to positively be a shield design I would have preferred #14. I really like the wreath around the plain shield and denomination situated in the opening of the wreath. My other choices for pure change would be the eagle on #17 or the #18 with the bundle of wheat. My favorite out of these three coins would definitely reside with the eagle on #17. Anyone of these designs would have sat well with me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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14, 16, or 17. But as has been well-established, I prefer the wheatback and wish we'd just return to the old design.
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Valued Member
United States
100 Posts |
14 and 17 are rockin'. Way cooler than the design the government picked.
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Valued Member
United States
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Guess I should answer my own question. My favorite design is 14 but I think it would have been better if they had scaled the design down slightly and spelled out "one cent" along the bottom. I agree completely. I also like that it gave a bit of a nod to the old wheat design. |
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United States
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Some comments made before the design was selected... that was before my time. That's my excuse, and I am sticking to it.  |
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United States
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Out of all of the Capitol buildings I would have liked 8 best, but I'm not sure the Capitol building has a place on our penny.
Out of all of the flags, I'd like 9 best, but it would look best on a bigger coin. It's in many ways similar to what was on the Star Spangled Banner commem (which was gorgeous) so I think my reasoning is sound. :-)
Of the shield cents I like 14 the best. (I honestly dislike 13 which is what we ended up with. But everyone's taste is different.)
Of the eagle cents, I like 15 the best.
Overall it would be a toss-up (no pun intended) between 14 or 15 for me.
Pair it with Lady Liberty on the obverse and I'd practically squee with delight.... as far as I squee.... which I don't tend to....
... as far as you know... :-)
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Valued Member
United States
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For nostalgia, I would have preferred going back to the original wheat design. If I had to vote on the given selection, I'd go with #6.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
652 Posts |
The current shield design was my last choice. Too simple and boring for me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
655 Posts |
Meh... They all lack something. I say we should have gone back to the original flying eagle of the 1850s.
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United States
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At first I wasn't sure about the new shield design, but I've gotten used to it and like it best out of the others.
However, I sure hope the mint doesn't get ideas to make a "What It Could Have Been" collector series with the other designs in P, D & S mintages with proofs, S mint business strikes and assorted packaging. They're doing a lot of stuff now to make money.
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United States
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Nah, matchbox, that's Daniel Carr's territory. Complete with the correct years, of course.
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