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...standing liberty quarter-- That SLQ is a real beaut.  I've always been a toner type. |
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This is my favorite coin design , Don't you just love her gown .   |
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Your images are tied to a dead link: no images showing. jbuck's instructions (Many of my images are stored in CCF Member Photo Galleries) For those who are using Chrome or Chromium based browsers (Edge, Opera, etc) and cannot see images, please try this: Click on the padlock in the address bar. Click on site settings. Under Permissions, scroll down to 'Insecure content' and set to Allow. Reload the page and images should load. This will only affect CCF. Mixed content will remain blocked on all other sites until you allow it. Edited by TNG
12/07/2021 12:41 pm
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When the images don't show on the thread it always works for me to "left click" I'm on a phone so no clicking lol, then open in new page. Images always show up for me like that.
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One of my favorite coins is the Enhanced Reverse Proof American silver eagle.   |
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These new coin finish techniques are phenomenal. Stunning contrasting surfaces!
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Since this topic is in the Colonial and Classic section, I agree 100% with T-Bop on the Walker. Hands down my favorite and the coin that started me down the rabbit hole. Also think the reverse is the best rendition of an eagle on the classics.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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I agree with the Walking Liberty, particularly the eagle.
I over-analyze and tend towards contrarian, but I've always thought the $20 St Gaudens is overrated. The face on most of them looks like a Medieval helmet, the hand clutching the torch is unnatural (try holding a torch like that), the upper garment - what is that? a sack of potatoes?, her left leg - is it supposed to be inside the dress or outside?, the right leg - where's her foot?, the sun's rays appear to emanate from two different places, the lower left gown - what hem of a dress folds like that?
Like I said, contrarian.
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Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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Quote:... nobody said Jefferson nickel. ...maybe because the hair style was too far out of fashion or it was too controversial of a political choice that might risk changing the focus of this thread.  |
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I over-analyze and tend towards contrarian, but I've always thought the $20 St Gaudens is overrated. The original ultra-high relief, roman numeral St Gaudens blows every other official production coin, anywhere in the world, right out of the water. Those deep proportions were downright magical, the face was extraordinarily beautiful, and that eagle defines the word "graceful". Flattening it was a crime against humanity. The post-MCMVII SGs are not only butt-ugly, they're kinda insulting. Edited by pristine2
12/11/2021 1:00 pm
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This is my favorite coin design , Don't you just love her gown . I'm a bit disappointed in you Tony, no comment about Lady Liberty's feet or toes?!!?!?! And nobody has said the Franklin half?!?!?! For me, it's always been Buffalo nickels though I would consider them "beautiful". Some examples are beautiful, but not really the design overall, so it's Bust coinage for me. Edited by Ty2020b
12/11/2021 3:08 pm
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Those who aren't saying Jefferson nickel might change their mind if they saw my beautifully toned BU War Nickel set. I'll have to get some photos soon. |
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@Ty2020b - I agree that you can find individual examples from any coin series that are just drop-dead gorgeous, often because of nice toning or superb strike and luster. My proof Morgan I use for my avatar is a favorite coin of mine - while toning is a personal preference, I find that one simply outstanding. While I've posted the following link before (probably in reply to one of your posts), AngelDees' toned Buffalo nickel set I feel is one of the most incredibly beautiful assembled sets of ANY coin series from an eye appeal standpoint. That set sold about 5 years ago, but they keep archived photos on their website: https://www.angeldees.com/pdfs/Ange...TonedSet.pdf |
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