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United States
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I think the Presidential dollars are not aesthetically pleasing at all. I find the obverses to be dull and uncreative. The reverse is even worse--it looks like a subway token. What we get with these are just facts--portrait with name above, and stats about their years served. Reverse has unartistic rendering of Statue of Liberty surrounded by a clutter of words and the dollar symbol, all in block letter form. Yuck. Surely they could have found a young Weinman or MacNeil someplace! |
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Valued Member
United States
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I think the US Mint has had a major drop in the look of coin designs for sometime. I would love to see new coins that look as beautiful as this countries old coinage.
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Well, for one thing, I believe it would take an act of Congress to change the current coin designs (correct me if I'm wrong about that), and it would probably be very difficult to take any of the current presidents profiles off of any of the coins. I remember one congressman saying "I don't want to be remembered for taking Lincoln off the penny." The reverses, as we've seen with all our coins except the dime, have been fair game for alteration in the last quarter century. But even then, they often look so unappealing. Some of the State Quarters are beautiful; some of them are aesthetic disasters. And the current Lincoln and 2004-06 Jefferson reverses are simply documentaries--facts with no soul or artistic merit. Edited by jpsned
02/20/2011 7:34 pm
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Canada
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I cant disagree with you but sometimes designs have to be around for many years to be fully appreciated.
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 United States
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If you want to collect them, I'd go with the proof coins.
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Valued Member
United States
455 Posts |
Last night I placed my Presidential dollars I have saved from circulation change into three albums that I had purchased a long time ago. I have to say that they look quite attractive in the albums with their golden color and luster. Alone they leave a lot to be desired. |
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United States
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The mint does deserve the fault for the presidential coins. However, I read that the State Quarters were actually designed by the each state and then printed by the Mint so it is hard to fault them for the State Quarters |
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United States
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Our coinage went to crap when they started putting dead Presidents on them.
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 United States
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I remember one congressman saying "I don't want to be remembered for taking Lincoln off the penny." That is the problem. Once we started "honoring" real people, we opened a door that cannot be closed. My beef with the Presidential dollars is more with the metal composition than the design. I will admit that my proofs have held up well, but the business strikes (from circulation, not mint sets) have not. It would be different if they actually had attractive toning. Even the chocolate brown look of a copper cent would be an improvement (nothing wrong with brown cents, I love them, but brown is not gold). |
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United States
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I have not seen a Pres Dollar that I like. Or a Sac, or SBA, or any of the modern dollars. I agree the gold tone looks nice, and the proofs are struck very well with nice fields, but that's more the technical side of the mint, rather than the artistic side. Just my humble opine |
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United States
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Change the penny to aluminum then strike the dollar coins in copper; Not only would you have a better looking coin, Voila just what a dollar is worth-1 cent!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ya, I think the designs (cartoons?) are Horrible. The mint does not use artists to design coins, they are designed by committee.
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United States
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United States
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I think the big problem is these Pres. Dollars and State Quarters were not really minted for use, just to collect. It just was not thought through very clearly. Now if they would mint a $10 or even a $20 coin, now you would have coinage that would truely be used and circulated. And then you could get back to the classic designs like the Walking Liberty,(which I think is the most beautiful coin design I have ever seen!). |
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United States
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The pres dollars were minted for use. The mint is trying all they can to get the population to use $1 coins. I think half the reason the mint made them was so common people would collect them get bored and spend them. The mint wants $1 coins in ciculation.
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Posted 02/20/2011 7:32 pm
