Video - The History Of The $100 Union Coin

If that's a life sized photo of the coin, it's huge! No wonder it was never used! It wouldn't fit into your pocket!

- Les (lol)

Couple if interesting comments to make.

I have known of the existence of these preliminary sketches for some time.
They were published a few years ago in an Australian numismatic magazine. Probably the Australian Coin Review, or it's successor, the Coin and Banknote Magazine, which incorporated the Australian Coin Review.

I will bet you London to a brick on, that the 'NUMISTMATIST' magazine has an article on those sketches, which pre date the Australian publications I read, probably by some considerable number of years.

George T. Morgan was trained by the right people the Wyons, in England. He very successfully made the transition to the American Neo Classic idiom, which all Americans appreciate, for their coin design. (and quite a few non Americans, including me)

BTW, that wooden staircase and the chandelier both remind me of the Borough of Stretford Council office in Manchester, England, where I was employed for a couple of years.