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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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"Other than the words "One Nation"
How does this relate to Abe Lincolns preservation of the United States Of America?"
Better than saying, "Two nations, north and south" Surely the US is one nation because of Lincoln!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 As I learned in APUSH, Lincoln did not fight the Civil War to free the slaves, but to preserve the Union. |
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United States
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I like the one on the left in the link provided. How do they decide on a design? What process do they go through?
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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I think what they do is, they go around asking all the coin collecters what the think, they discard the ones they like, then they put the rest before a senate committee which works out their own interests and find the guy from their own state, and then they choose the design from the guy nearest to the state of the senator who is willing to sell his votes on other things, to have this designer.
Either that or they put all the designs in a hat and then pick one out at random.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like the wheat idea  , but, they should keep Lincoln on the obv.  |
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Valued Member
 United States
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I Believe these were the other 14 choices The Picture is not the greatest it is scanned from a Newspaper http://www.tdys.net/l4.htmEdited by wif99
04/24/2009 8:43 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Do you get the feeling that the congress building will be on the coin? Do ya? Only HALF of them, and it seems a little silly, as the congress building is already on one of the them this year (okay, almost all of the congress building, bar the bit that wasn't finished)!
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I Believe these where the other 14 choices For some reason, I really like this one. That might change, but for now it appeals to me.  Edited by jbuck
04/24/2009 5:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Can they bring back old designs? If they could, they would probably be making big bucks on collectable 2010 Morgan dollars. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's a nice reverse you showed us, thanks jbuck! I personally favor a 'shield' theme because the shield was depicted on almost all of the circulation coins minted during Lincoln's presidency. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Frankly I think the design recommended by the commission on fine arts looks like a "Turkey Tail" and as far as being artistic, it's not ballanced out properly. I was hoping for something like LP-13 the Shield of the Union, which would certainly become a classic design in future years. Instead we get turkey tails. One thingthat I've come to depend upon, is no asthetically pleasing designs being produced by the U.S. Mint in the modern era. I'm actually a bit surprised by the positive response this "recommended" design has gotten here on the board.  ~ Jim |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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How does this relate to Abe Lincolns preservation of the United States Of America? The idea is the thanks to Lincoln we are ONE NATION instead of two. Edited by Conder101
04/27/2009 12:25 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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It still looks like a turkey tail.  ~ Jim
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ahem....Ahem....The "Turkey" was almost our National Bird via Ben Franklin ! .....   .......
Edited by eaglefoot
04/27/2009 3:59 pm
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