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Pillar of the Community
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my least favorite and kinda boring usa dollar coin You know when you look at that image by itself like that it looks like she has the child on her back, and then is wearing a hoodie. Checked another image of the coin and still looks like a hoodie thrown on over both ehr and the child. Seems they could have done better on the proportions or something. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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"You know when you look at that image by itself like that it looks like she has the child on her back"...or one growing out of her neck.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I don't think it's boring however when I saw the first one, I was convinced that it was a fake or some kind of parody to poke fun at the USA.
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Just imagine - you are a European country, independent after many years of Soviet rule. You join the Euro, and can choose whatever designs you like for the reverses of your circulating coins, coins that will be seen in Greece, Finland, France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain and even in the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean! What an opportunity! You could choose some of your country's famous historic buildings, portraits of distinguished people, or pictures of indigenous flora and fauna... So what do you do? An outline map of your country, with the name EESTI on ALL your circulating coins! For me the Estonian coins are the most boring Euro coin designs. If I'd been their chief designer, I'd have gone up to the young woman who was selling postcards in front of Tallinn Cathedral in July 2010 and asked her to pose for a Liberty portrait - now that WOULD have made a nice coin!  Edited by NumisRob
09/11/2014 03:26 am
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Estonia's general circulation in the 20th century was also uniform and uninspiring, it's only the special kroons and higher values that had interesting designs.
Perhaps that's how they like it or perhaps it's cheaper to produce.
They had a nice 1, 2 and 5 euros dated 2004 which KM classes as patterns but may not have had official sanction. There are nice 10 and 20 euros coins dated 2011, the year of their entry into the euro.
Give them a chance !
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Finland
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Yes, I think the taste is here in Northern Europe different and we like to have our coins (and everything else) without "too many" decorations. Just see designs of Ikea, Alvar Aalto, Marimekko, Iittala etc. - you can see the same minimalist style there.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Estonia's euros really do stand out as wasted opportunity - the aluminum-bronze 1-kroon coin from the First Republic was a real stunner (put it in the center of the 2-euro coin!), and even the plain Estonian coat of arms is fairly attractive, but all we get now is a map.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I like minimalism too, but the best is stunning in its own way. I wouldn't recognize Estonia for its border outline.
Finland has produced many interesting commemorative pre-Euro coins too, but something is lost in many Euro designs. I can't explain exactly what--but it's why I don't collect Euro coins.
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09/12/2014 12:39 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2805 Posts |
Here's a bizarre Bavarian thaler I discovered recently.   Apparently the Bavarian constitution is shaped like a featureless cube? |
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 United States
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That is... interesting.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Sweden
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I think this one tops all.   Portugal 1 Escudo. There's nothing artistic on the reverse! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1788 Posts |
Any american quarter between 1965-1998.
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10/13/2015 4:53 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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United States
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Any american quarter between 1965-1998. Ouch.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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