2016 Mark Twain Commemorative Design Candidates

I like 14 for obverse, 12 for reverse.

Do we actually have opportunity to vote for the design or is it completely left to the government discretion?

I like Obverse 9 with some changes--remove the graffiti on the fence, the stray squiggle above IGWT and add the date.

I think it'd work well with reverse 8.

I wouldn't care if they left off E Pluribus Unum as it takes up space that would be better used to spell out the denomination.

There a lot of good designs but based on the previous choices I bet they go with 8 as it the simplest and easiest to pull off production wise.

Numbers 5, 10, 11, 15 look like they could have been used on the proof Platinum Eagles as their rotating reverses seemed to take some chances and push the envelope with the designs. I don't see the mint going that route with a mainstream commemorative although I wish they would.

, Agaupt, and thanks for the input!

Here's a link to the gold half eagle designs: http://mintnewsblog.com/2015/03/201...-candidates/

Of these, my favorites are either O-1 or O-3 for the obverse and R-5 or R-8 for the reverse.

My vote would be Reverse 5 Obverse 12

I agree... Obverse 5 and reverse 12 do go really well together.

Anyone else notice that obverse 5 is the only one that says 2014?

@commems I just saw this comment of yours:



Oh, so very true! But of course that's mostly what everyone knows him by. Unfortunate, but it's better than not knowing his works at all.