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I was looking at the ATB Quarters coming out in 2015 And at first I thought 'somebody' made a mistake with by placing the 2014 Everglades coin on the line-up. But low & behold the Bombay Hook quarter looks too similar to the 2014 Everglades quarter.
Bombay: http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs...l=BombayHook
Everglades: http://catalog.usmint.gov/everglade...ters#start=1

What happened to creativity?
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12/26/2014 4:12 pm
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 Posted 12/26/2014  3:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add YoshiRules to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow, I would have never noticed that.

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 Posted 12/26/2014  7:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add junjun to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Good eye
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 Posted 12/26/2014  7:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinCollector2012 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Somebody made a mistake...

or maybe the mint is getting lazy and they are reusing old designs.
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 Posted 12/26/2014  7:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Joe2007 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow those designs are really close.
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 Posted 12/26/2014  7:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MW_O to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
One of the engravers was lazy........

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 Posted 12/26/2014  7:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coinsearcher83 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I guess there's only so much that can be done with birds, trees, water, and mountains. That's why I like whenever a proposed design is daring enough to employ some other design element.
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 Posted 12/26/2014  8:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add The Silver Searcher to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I am just not a fan of changing designs and this is one of the reasons why. If you want a repeating design, then just make one.

Just my twenty five cents.
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 Posted 12/26/2014  9:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jvandy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow the bird closed its wings.
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 Posted 12/26/2014  10:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CL_ to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Even the bird in the background is in a similar location. C'mon Delaware!
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 Posted 12/26/2014  10:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Chriscoinz to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hmmmm looks too similar to me
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 Posted 12/26/2014  11:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add duncanbishop24 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Great eye, but its a shame they're so similar. I'll probably get confused here and there.
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 Posted 12/27/2014  01:49 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fromms2244 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Well.... There are 2 coin designs that both feature birds of the region. I mean the two designs both feature birds so I guess they are similar. Not the same species but they both have wings! Yeah the mint must be getting lazy.... I'll bet both coins have a similar obverse too.... Probably due to laziness as well.

Or maybe it could be a depiction of 2 of our national parks featuring birds that struggled in that region until those parks were established.... Probably not though. Probably just laziness at the mint
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Hmm...possibly on to something fromms, but just for fun, I'm still going with laziness. That's just me being lazy though. It's contagious! I can't stop!
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 Posted 12/27/2014  10:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CelticKnot to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Perhaps it's because I lived in Delaware for a while, but I like it. In fact I like all the designs for 2015 except the final issue, Saratoga. Remember there were many design candidates and this was chosen out of a group. I suppose similarities are unavoidable when you feature a wading bird standing in water. In the below link you can see all the design candidates.

http://news.coinupdate.com/ccac-rev...esigns-3154/

We have several "quadruped-in-a-field-with-a-mountain-backdrop" designs (and likely more to come) so I'm not terribly concerned about mixing up Bombay Hook and Everglades.

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We have several "quadruped-in-a-field-with-a-mountain-backdrop" designs (and likely more to come)

Very valid point.

Personally I think both of these fowl designs are for the birds.

Seriously though, I think at least a mirror image of the newer one would have been a better way to go just for a bit more variety. These are very different when someone takes the time to look at them, but few people outside coin collectors will.
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