Poll #1: 2018 Preamble To Declaration Of Independence Platinum Coin - Like It?

Your Klingon needs work...

You guys know my position...only difference between US and Canadian are the leaf or eagle, the only redeeming feature on any coin minted in the 21st century! The coins are produced in the same mint aren't they? You know, that one off shore in the Caymans!

And Earle, it's not just a story tring to be told, it is agenda.

"I like how the new designs have many focal points."

One of the reasons they can get away with it here is that the coin is so large. If they did use a simpler design on a coin this size (like the gold buffalo), it would be relatively boring. Such a large field, why shouldn't they use all of it, especially when you can provide fine details in the hair, cornfields, leaves, etc.?

I think this isn't a question of old design versus new design. Several old designs were just as busy "telling a story". Consider the Trade dollar (for example): facing left (the direction of the Orient), seated on bales of merchandise, shafts of wheat behind her, olive branch in the right hand, Liberty scroll in her left hand, and the ocean in front of her. Other old designs tell more complete stories than just "wreath" -- the Indian cent (in later years) also included a shield and arrows; The laurel wreath signifies victory. Many of the eagles are holding olive branches and arrows. Several obverses have Phrygian caps (including the Mercury dime), sometimes called Liberty caps. I think the symbolism is just as deep as with the modern designs. We're just able to tell better stories better now, with more sophisticated technologies and art styles.

Now let's look at some modern designs, and the stories they tell. Modern circulating coins feature the bust of a real person (no story there unless someone tells it to you) and other specific things: shield (done before), buildings, eagles (done before). The reverse of the dime is about the more story-filled thing you'll find in decades. Modern bullion designs are largely rehashes of classic designs. Commemoratives are their own special category -- they're intended to tell some kind of story.

And since you mentioned the quarter programs, they don't benefit from the large size of one-ounce bullion coins, but they also have their share of bland designs: Delaware (Cesar Rodney), Michigan (Great Lakes), and especially Wyoming (that cowboy that appears EVERYWHERE). With the Parks series, many of them are going too far, I agree. The space is too small for the grand features many want to depict.

Okay, I rambled a lot there. TL;DR: I think the old/new premise is faulty. There's still room for a lively debate over the preference for single-subject coins (the Buffalo nickel is a fine example) or fine-detailed pieces with many design elements. Both can be highly appealing if done well. It's a shame that so many are not.

The picture isn't bad, but if you left everything else off you would think it was a Roman or Greek commemorative. I don't recall togas and swords with an olive bag roaming the colonies

How is this related to:

When in the course of human events......

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Confused

KK

That's part of the Introduction. The Preamble begins "We hold these truths to be self-evident..."




"Agenda" has become one of those words that gets thrown in when you disagree with something. If you're suggesting that there's a meaning behind the selection of images, that's what art is, and what it means to you may be different than what it means to me.

Children and trees are an agenda? The theme is "Life". A child sowing seeds and a tree in the background are perfectly reasonable, and the less you include, the less you depict "Life".

You guys had to make this political.

Knock it off!

Next time I will be handing out vacations.

That makes perfect sense.