Which Of These Seated Liberty Pattern Designs Do You Like ?

Poll Question
One of the things I often hear Numismatists say is "Why can't the US Mint make a decent Liberty design ?". Or "Aren't there any qualified artists around today who can design a coin like Gobrecht, Longacre, St Gaudens, Weinman, etc. ?".

One of the things I want to do this year is some fantasy patterns in the style of the US Mint 19th and early 20th century patterns (only better, hopefully). So, for example, if I was transported back to 1870 and given the task of designing a Seated Liberty pattern, what would I come up with ? Well, I did just that (except for the physically going back in time part ).

As was often the case with patterns, I came up with several variations of the same basic design. I discovered that a Seated Liberty design is probably the most difficult type - more difficult than a standing or walking Liberty, and more difficult than a Liberty bust profile. I have not yet decided in what final form I will mint these, but I will do at least one of the designs as a 1-oz silver "round".

Without any further fanfare, here they are:

Original obverse, plain sun, #08 :


Original, striped sun, #09 :


With fasces & Earth, no gear, #992 :


With gear & torch, with stars, #993 :


With gear & torch, no stars, #993_ns :


Sunrise, plain rays, #994 :


Sunrise, starburst rays, #995 :


Sunrise, starburst rays inverted, #996 :



Eagle reverse, no circle, #02 :


Eagle reverse, with circle, #03 :



Results

Original obverse, plain sun, #08		17%	5 Votes
Original, striped sun, #09		7%	2 Votes
With fasces & Earth, no gear, #992		7%	2 Votes
With gear & torch, with stars, #993		13%	4 Votes
With gear & torch, no stars, #993_ns		3%	1 Votes
Sunrise, plain rays, #994		23%	7 Votes
Sunrise, starburst rays, #995		17%	5 Votes
Sunrise, starburst rays inverted, #996		13%	4 Votes

Poll Status: Locked
Total Votes: 30 Counted
Last Vote: 02/20/2007 4:43 pm