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Originally Posted by bqcoins  and the image on the mercury dime appears distinctly female??? Or any of the gold indians, or the indian head cent??? just because the image is classical doesn't make it androgynous. As for the "smurf" cap it is a phrygian cap: a soft, conical cap represented in ancient Greek art as part of Phrygian or oriental dress and associated, since the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the liberty cap. In addition, no eagle on the back of the dime, a wreath, yes reused from the seated series, but only from 1860 as the wreath prior to 1860 was quite different, also the wreath as it was designed in 1860 was quite nice, so why not reuse it. As for the Morgan dollar...it has had its detractors as well, although I find it just as beautiful as the barber dime |
Um, yes they do, at least alot more so than the "female" on the Barber dime, they do.
As for the smurf hat, I'm well aware of what it is and what it signfies; I still don't like it. The Morgan dollar works the word "Liberty" into the design and is just as symbolic of Liberty while simutaneaously being more attractive.
I'll admit to being mistaken about the dime (the scrawny eagle, Barber only put on the quarter and half dollar, and that is still a seriously ugly eagle). Nothing wrong with the wreath on the dime per se, but it isn't very original... I thought the whole point of a new design is to do something different, so I'm still sticking to Breen's assesment of it being a lazy design.
This is all just my subjective opinion of course... I'm not saying anyone is wrong for disagreeing with me, just that they clearly have different tastes than I do. Some love this coin, some hate it, some feel indifferent. I personally think this coin is uninspired and not even up to the abilities Barber demonstrated on other coins... you're free to disagree, and if so, we'll just have to agree to disagree.
