What Is Your Most Favorite Design On A Coin?

I have to agree, the Laura Gardin Fraser design for the obverse of the Washington quarter is a very attractive design. It is in my opinion a definite improvement on the selected design by Flanagan.

My personal favorite is the reverse of the Liberty Walking Half. Closely followed by the obverse of the SLQ.

I've always liked the Standings and the Walkers, but I also like the Indian Heads for their clean and simple, straight-forward design (wreath, shield, "one cent" on the reverse), and the Buffalo nickels. Those are American coins, coins that could only come from America.

The buffaloes share the same problem as the standings and walkers, that being the relative difficulty of finding them in such condition that important features - like the date, LOL! - aren't worn away.

In general, I've disliked the movement away from abstracts (the Indians and "Liberty" in her many forms) towards the representation of identifiable, particular men, although Lincoln would have made a fine reverse to the Wheat penny.

I love bust silver coins as well. The eagle on the reverse is one of my favorites. -PP

I'm in the minority here, but I've always thought the designs on SLQs, Walkers and St. Gaudens were too convoluted and have always preferred something simpler, like this:

I also like mercs I forgot to mention it earlier.

That's a tough question for me. I've always liked the Walking Liberty half obverse, and also the reverse. Same with the Standing Liberty quarter, again both obv. and rev. The first coins I ever really collected were the wheat pennies, so I am kind of partial to the wheat design. I also like the wreath on the back of the Flying Eagle cents, and also the FE itself. Oh yeah, and I like the Buffalo nickel too, both obv. and rev. Did I leave anything out?

I'm going Swiss on this, but I enjoy them all. Each design has its own place in history, which, to me, tells a story of what pride we had/have in our coinage.