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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I was thinking as I posted this that this busy design was starting to grow on me, after decades of disdain. The obverse eagle over the lone star looked too simple, but now I like its simplicity. The reverse is crammed full with all kinds bits and pieces of Texas history, and is way too busy. All the stories are trampling over one another. The Alamo motto, I thought was kind of corny. Whereas this side of the coin seemed so cluttered and somewhat inelegant, it is beginning to grow on me too. I have no ties to Texas, but what do other folks think of this design?  *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Valued Member
Slovenia
459 Posts |
For me, it is by far the most beautiful US commemorative coin.
Hope to own one someday.
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Valued Member
United States
338 Posts |
I agree. That is a beautiful design. It's now added to my wish list!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1346 Posts |
Out of Texas respect am typing this standing up. The reverse is so overly designed that it is truly a magnificent effort. It is a coin on my back of the burner wish list, but something else keeps popping up,
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1309 Posts |
As a Texan, I'm embarrassed to say I don't own one of these beautiful coins.
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Valued Member
United States
79 Posts |
 that is beautiful - never seen one before. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
I am an Aussie, not a Texan, so for Texan symbolism, I am looking for lone stars.
American coins should look American.
Texan coins should look Texan. The design of this one succeeds with that large star, presumably lone.
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Valued Member
United States
275 Posts |
I grew up in TX. The obverse eagle is standing very proudly, looks great. The reverse is busy, no field to speak of but a decent design, and overall I think I will have to get one for my 7070 which has four commemorative slots. One thing that would have really said Texas would have been to make coin larger. :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7620 Posts |
I have always liked them. As a Native Texan it goes with the territory. Bought my first one in the 1960's and got hooked. Over the past 40 years I put several sets of them together both slabbed and raw. As usual, somebody sees it and wants it then I have to start another one! With patience you can still find nice coins at fairly reasonable prices.
My favorite is the 1936's as that was the centennial year. They usually come well struck with flashy lustre. Toughest year to find nice coins from are the 1938's. They seem to be dull and "lifeless" for some reason .... (having low mintages doesn't help either!).
If just doing a type go with a flashy 1934 coin....you will be very happy!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1475 Posts |
This is one of my most favorite commemorative coins! Simplicity on obverse compliments beautifully complicated design on the reverse. I've been looking for the right coin for last few months. I'm not a Texan, but I visited San Antonio & Dallas many times  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I just upgraded my Texas for my 50 piece type set. Got a beautiful MS 67 from the last Stacks auction. The design elements are so overpowering that it's always been one of my favorite "muscle" commemorative issues.
The high luster issues are addictive if you love blazing white. Plus, those examples that are toned RARELY have ugly toning that is so prevalent on some other CSC.
The Texas set is on my goal list, although it's down at goal 13.
Gorgeous 1930's under 10,000 mintage for the price of a high end Walker for the same years. Yummy.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
11888 Posts |
According to the wiki, there were a total of about 304,000 coins minted, eventually 154,522 were melted by the U.S. Treasury. The numbers that are in parenthesis are the number of coins after the Treasury melted them. These seem like they should be more scarce than they are.  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Valued Member
United States
324 Posts |
As a Texas tourist I find their history special as it relates to Mexico and old Texas. This commemorative, like many, are undervalued and Need better promotion.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1346 Posts |
It's great to see so many fellow Texans here.
Edited by 999fine
07/08/2017 3:23 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Beautiful coin, something you can't say about all of our classic commems.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1628 Posts |
One of my favorite designs, and one of the few commems that I actively sought to obtain. Now I'm looking for the 1935 P & D to fill out a date set.
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Posted 07/08/2017 10:48 am
