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Pillar of the Community
United States
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For quite some time I have felt as though our coinage is too "commemorative" looking, former Presidential portraits I personally feel misrepresent us as a country. And I mean no disrespect to any of them. So my question to the forum is as follows. What are your opinions on striking any number of the hundreds of patterns from the 1800's to replace each denomination? There were some beauties! If not something old, how about something from one of the modern mint sculptors? For instance, the reverse of the upcoming 2019 American Legion $5 gold commemorative is absolutely gorgeous. The way the eagle flows with the roundness of the coin, stunning. Coins such as these would not only redefine us as a country of many, but create a rebirth of coin collecting which we have not seen in a few decades. ANA member - PAN Member - BCCS Member There are no problems only solutions - the late, great John Lennon
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I agree, that some of the designs are boring looking. I would like to see better designs myself.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is it time for a change in coinage? I believe that time had come several years ago...... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I believe that time had come several years ago......  I think that a completely new series for each denomination would be fantastic. The half dollar has had the Kennedy design since 64. The quarter has had Washington since 32. The dime has had Roosevelt since 46. The nickel has had Jefferson since 38. Last but not least, the cent has had Lincoln since 09! I would like to see Lady Liberty on some circulating coinage again. (and high relief...) *edited - I forgot to mention the nickel for some reason..* Edited by ty88ty2
10/01/2018 10:05 pm
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United States
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I totaly agree. I think that our coins look boring and I would love to see the design of the 1908 2 1/2 dollor coin come back. I also think that we should have 5 dollar coins back. 10 dollar 20 dollar etc. They could even be made out of silver or gold.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would like to see Lady Liberty on some circulating coinage again I absolutely agree! |
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A return to Liberty is long overdue.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2023 Posts |
No more real people on circulating coinage, ever. Bring back allegorical designs. We could use old patterns for inspiration but modern production techniques and design sensibilities would allow for improvements. There are a number of beautiful design candidates among the platinum bullion and gold "American Liberty" releases of recent years, especially the eagles on the reverse. They might need to be scaled back and down for circulation pieces but we wouldn't have to look too far.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
593 Posts |
Liberty. Walking, Standing, Seated or Bust with the Eagle on reverse in any stance. and get rid of dead presidents or ?.
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We could use old patterns for inspiration but modern production techniques and design sensibilities would allow for improvements. Agreed, nothing should be recycled. Let the classic liberty designs remain classic. |
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Agreed, nothing should be recycled. Let the classic liberty designs remain classic. Exactly. While I think we should have better designs I am completely against reusing old ones as it not only cheapens the originals, but also there are certainly people somewhere on the planet that can make a new spectacular design |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2200 Posts |
As much as we all love the classic designs, they're a thing of the past.
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United States
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Forget it , the director of the bureau of engraving and printing doesn't care about coin collectors . I'm sure most of us would like a change to see something that resembles classic coinage .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
987 Posts |
Change might be good, but the changes that have been made on reverses have been poor. So I don't trust them to make good changes. It seems like they'll want yearly obverse changes.
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Forget it , the director of the bureau of engraving and printing doesn't care about coin collectors . True, and I would bet the director of the mint doesn't care that much about paper money or stamp collectors.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Now picture the Mint making our coins with Lassie or Roy Rogers on them. Or Marilyn Monroe, Jay Leno or any other famous people for our coinage. Better yet why not use our coins as an advertising agent. Picture our Nickel with Klenex or a Chevy on them. If used for advertising, our Mint could actually charge companies to make coins.
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Posted 10/01/2018 9:58 pm
