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lucv13 Valued Member Canada 413 Posts	Posted 11/12/2016 09:11 am I like the coins well except for the quarter, that one looks like it was done by a 3 year old... Report this Post to the Staff
TomSwift Valued Member China 171 Posts	Posted 11/12/2016 09:39 am To me, the worst by far is the nickel. Absolutely awful and they should be ashamed to release something as bad as that. Beaver roadkill. Report this Post to the Staff
Alan Pillar of the Community Canada 1463 Posts	Posted 11/12/2016 12:01 pm First, Wilsonwu, amazing twoonie design! I am not impressed with the ones selected by the mint. The design selections could have been much better matched with what was there. The beaver is kind of neat. Nice open fields. but, why would they drop the date in the middle of the coin? It should be near the edge beside Canada or 5 cents. They cluttered the spirit of the design. I'm about done with the RCM. Edited by Alan 11/12/2016 12:02 pm Report this Post to the Staff
wildflowerAB Pillar of the Community Canada 2845 Posts	Posted 11/12/2016 12:31 pm Quote: Although there are some interesting pieces here, there is no real sense of harmony throughout the entire set. For Canada's 150 birthday, I had hoped that the RCM would have taken a much more serious approach to the design of these coins / overall set. No harmony whatsoever. A sign of the times, opinions, online votes and political correctness. Yes, I can imagine the 150th coinage being grandiosely promoted as "chosen by all Canadians by online vote!" as if that's supposed to somehow demonstrate that our collective opinions are really important......at the same time as the word "plebiscite" has virtually been banned from the Cdn dictionary. Edited by wildflowerAB 11/12/2016 12:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Stogie Valued Member Canada 89 Posts	Posted 11/12/2016 1:03 pm I'm a long time collector who has been lurking around these boards since I came across them earlier this year, and this is my first posting. Overall, I am not impressed in the least bit with the choices that the voting public had for these designs, let alone with the winners for the most part. The only design I voted for that won was the loonie, I actually like that design despite how "busy" it is. Thee $2 design is nice, I like it despite the fact it wasn't my first choice...I voted for the design with the canoe/tree. Despite the fact that I've never canoed (and likely never will), for some strange reason that design stirs up a lot of good memories of attending university in northern Ontario, and the trips back and forth between there and my home in southern Ontario. Still, the design that won for the $2 is one I can get enthusiastic about. Other than that, there really wasn't much to choose from. Most of the designs were terrible. This brings up a pet peeve of mine when it comes to the RCM. The RCM is making/releasing way too many commemorative coins, and virtually all of them are just so crappy. It seems these days that any reason will do for a commemorative...I'll bet you there is somebody sitting at the mint right now thinking "The queen must've had breakfast this morning...let's make a commemorative for that!". I am just so sick and tired of all these stupid and useless commemoratives. Report this Post to the Staff
Alex A Pillar of the Community 710 Posts	Posted 11/12/2016 2:06 pm Quote: No harmony whatsoever. A sign of the times, opinions, online votes and political correctness. Yup! Report this Post to the Staff
TomSwift Valued Member China 171 Posts	Posted 11/12/2016 8:14 pm Leave coin design to professionals. Having the public design coins results in the Homermobile (for you Simpsons fans). Report this Post to the Staff
Libertad Pillar of the Community Canada 3692 Posts	Posted 11/12/2016 10:45 pm The $2 design is only one I like, BUT the one thing it's lacking seriously is some ripples on the water. It looks like an asymmetrical gap of laziness on the designer's part. The rest of the coins are ugly but I'll still collect one of each. The 5 cents and 10 cents designs lack a cohesive border, like beads or leaves or scrolls. They look unfinished. The 25 cents is not bad in terms of "flow" but what is that bird supposed to be exactly? They could've put a Canada Goose on there. The loonie is a cluttered design and it took me a long time to figure out that there was a second train on the right, as it doesn't match the details of the train on the left. In fact, there's too much emptiness, no detail, on the trains and boat and lighthouse when compared to the bridge on the side with lots of detail, when the eye is naturally drawn to the middle where the action should take place. In my artistic opinion, the mint ruined an opportunity. Report this Post to the Staff
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