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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I really hope this design gets final approval for the 2017 Boys Town 100th anniversary commemorative silver dollar. I love the design and its message of hope for the future. This design was originally presented for a half dollar issue. Luckily, the CCAC recommended it for the silver dollar issue instead. I haven't been excited about a modern commemorative since the Star Spangled Banner silver dollar that came out a few years ago. What do you guys/gals think?  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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That is one huge open space for the obverse field. Even the slightest hint of a hair's brush will show up there.
I'm guessing it will be the all-time largest field US coin ever, if it's passed as shown.
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Pillar of the Community
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I thought the same thing, mox. That huge open space really appeals to me, though. I would imagine that MS70/PR70 grades are gonna be tough to come by on this one.
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Moderator
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I like it.
I am not as worried about the obverse as I am about the final rendering of the kids on the reverse.
We will have to see what they chose first.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good design. It's a continuation of the obverse into the reverse, and doesn't that oak tree remind you of the Charter Oak/Connecticut commemorative half dollar of 1935? Didn't care too much for the Fr. Flanagan $5 gold, however. Will probably only get the silver dollar if it's as issued.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's okay, but I thought that this is the "Boy's Town" commemorative. If that's true, why is there a girl on the obverse?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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While the original mission of Boys Town focused on assisting young boys, that mission has since expanded to include helping boys, girls and families grow.
Taken from the Boys Town website:
"For nearly a century, Boys Town has helped save children and heal families at the brink of tragedy by giving them the support they need to turn their lives around."
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Darth Morgan - thanks so much for posting this. I also recently saw the selected design and completely echo your thoughts. I think it is definitely the best design since the Star Spangled Banner design (last one I bought). open field, definitely. My only complaint. But the clean design (meaning uncluttered) is appealing. There is a balance to include a robust design element that fills the canvas so to speak w/o being totally cluttered (like the Mark Twain $1 IMHO). I thought the 2008 Bald Eagle $1 obverse also had a lot of open field.  That open space between the wings just seems too much, maybe one-fourth of the space. This Boys Town obverse has an open field of maybe closer to one-third (or more). I was thinking sun-rays could have worked there. I thought the overlap of the words "BOYS TOWN" over the oak leaves just didn't seem right. Bizybackson - I thought the same about a similarity to the 1935 Connecticut half. Not enough big trees on coins in my opinion! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I like the design; very nice. Quote:
I thought the overlap of the words "BOYS TOWN" over the oak leaves just didn't seem right. I agree. However I've found that these 2-D candidate images don't look anything like the real thing in your hand. Those renderings always look cartoon-ish and stiff. Looking forward to this issue. Here is some previous discussion on the issue in general. |
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United States
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I am optimistic. The actual coins almost always look better than the renderings. Of course, they still have to choose this design, so I am not too optimistic.  |
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well ... less than 1/2 boys on a Boys Town coin ...
Being from Nebraska myself, I once met an older gentleman who had been a resident there ; said Father Flanagan smacked him right in the mouth for swearing (and the guy "swore" he never swore again)
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