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I have always wondered what coin portraits would look life if they were real people. We all know that coin portraits of our US Presidents (Lincoln, Washington, etc.) and other historical figures (Ben Franklin, Susan B. Anthony) were based on real people in the first place. But how about the Morgan dollar? The Barber dime/quarter/half-dollar? The $20 Liberty Head? What if these portraits came to life? So I reached out to an artist and had her draw me her vision of the woman on the Morgan dollar. I have attached it for you here. Please let me know your thoughts, and interest in seeing more of these types of illustrations.  http://writeanddesign.com/wp-conten...anDollar.jpgEdited by gravey09
02/21/2016 09:50 am
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Rest in Peace
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There are examples of photos that try to do the same thing, although I don't know any place where they are combined in one place.
Given that your first presentation is extremely well done, I'd love to see her work on some of the other portraits.
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Very nice!  |
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I love the legend that the "Indian" Head Cent is actually modeled after Longacre's daughter. True or not, it gives you what to think about noting that the features of the Indian's face are not Native American features.
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Good idea to change our U.S. coinage . Portraits instead of profiles , Cents through Halves.  |
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As others said above and as I said in this thread from a year ago, we don't usually need to "imagine" what they'd look like, since in many cases we actually know the names and have other pictures of the models which the artists used to model Liberty. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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I don't agree, Sap. I want to "imagine" them, and others in this forum clearly do, too. So far, people have provided me with real-life models for only the Peace dollar and Morgan dollar, but I want to see more. What's the harm in it? Also, if you have them, please provide me examples of the "many cases" in which we actually know the names and pictures of the models. I'd sure like to see them. |
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i think the illustration is beautiful and I would love to see a seated liberty depiction.
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wait, Gravey09, are Graveymaster2 from the other thread that Sap linked us to? You came back over a year later and posted the same exact thoughts. Interesting. Will you be back in 2017 as Graveytrain17?
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Yup, that's me. I mistakenly created 2 logins at some point or another. Not sure why. Anyway, the illustration of coin portraits has always come back to my mind, and I finally found someone who could do one for me. I love what the artist did. But I think I'd have to pay her to do more of them for me. She spent a fair amount of time doing the Morgan dollar one for me. |
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The model for the Draped Bust coinage (1796 - 1809) Ann Willing Bingham  |
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Meet Teresa Cafarelli, wife of Peace dollar designer Anthony de Francisci, and model for the Peace dollar. She was quite attractive:   |
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