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Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 01-07-2009, 11:04 AM   #1 (permalink) kiyardo Senior Member     Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East of West Virginia Posts: 328 First Look at 2009 Sacagewea Dollar Check it out. Looks kind of amateurish. Attached Images   __________________ "Pennies are a dime a dozen if you include my two cents worth" -- Kiyardo   01-07-2009, 11:06 AM   #2 (permalink) jaceravone Member     Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: United States of America Posts: 3,667 My Mood: Looks like she is squatting over trying to take a poop. __________________ “Punishment is the way in which society expresses its denunciation of wrongdoing and, in order to maintain respect for law, it is essential that the punishment inflicted for grave crimes should adequately reflect the revulsion felt by the great majority of citizens for them.” Lord Justice Denning of the Court of Appeals in the United Kingdom   01-07-2009, 11:17 AM   #3 (permalink) FreakyGarrettC Wise young snail     Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 2,989 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by jaceravone Looks like she is squatting over trying to take a poop. Lol. I will call it Sacajapoope. __________________ "I know it's easy to imagine but it's easier to just do See, if you can't do what you imagine, then what is imagination to you? Just a waste of space in your brain, to take the place of hate, or things all the same." Last edited by FreakyGarrettC; 01-08-2009 at 12:50 PM.   01-07-2009, 12:00 PM   #4 (permalink) raider34 Morgans Morgans Morgans     Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New York Posts: 3,697 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by kiyardo Check it out. Looks kind of amateurish. I agree, I think the reverse looks like some kind of game token. IMO the reverse was always the better half, I guess not anymore.   01-07-2009, 12:04 PM   #5 (permalink) kiyardo Senior Member     Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East of West Virginia Posts: 328 Quote: Originally Posted by jaceravone Looks like she is squatting over trying to take a poop. I guess we are all "dumping" on the design. __________________ "Pennies are a dime a dozen if you include my two cents worth" -- Kiyardo   01-07-2009, 12:08 PM   #6 (permalink) elaine 1970 Numismatist     Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,957 My Mood: it's ugly. don't like it was representing an indian.   01-07-2009, 01:41 PM   #7 (permalink) green18 ANA# R3129541     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 7,392 My Mood: It's a shame really. Based on the design drawings I really thought this issue was going to be a nice transition from the eagle. I take that back and agree with Kiyardo....looks amateurish. __________________ They also serve who only stand and wait....John Milton   01-07-2009, 01:43 PM   #8 (permalink) coleguy Coin Collector     Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Posts: 2,445 My Mood: Of all the designs submitted, I think they picked the worst one. Someone needs to check the folks who pick these for blindness. Guy~   01-07-2009, 01:47 PM   #9 (permalink) crispy1995 Spending Toms like crazy**     Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dutchess County, NY Posts: 509 My Mood: What's the deal with the font on the reverse? And WHY are they now using $1 over "One Dollar"? Is the coin still golden-color? __________________ Life's like a bank roll; you never really know what you're gonna get. Sell with confidence: I'm a power buyer. No, I don't have an account here...   01-07-2009, 03:19 PM   #10 (permalink) mrbrklyn CEO of Brooklyn     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 10,167 My Mood: Blog Entries: 3 Quote: Originally Posted by raider34 I agree, I think the reverse looks like some kind of game token. IMO the reverse was always the better half, I guess not anymore. It was. The whole thing with the dollar coin has been made a joke. Ruben __________________ "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society." Coin Talk Museum Exhibits http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins.html   01-07-2009, 03:29 PM   #11 (permalink) Tater Coin Collector     Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Utah Posts: 1,784 My Mood: for the love of pete, that looks bad. think if you get a mint set, one will be in there. __________________ Roll Searching Since July 2007 2743 rolls halves 157-40% halves 39-90% halves   01-07-2009, 03:32 PM   #12 (permalink) mrbrklyn CEO of Brooklyn     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 10,167 My Mood: Blog Entries: 3 Quote: Originally Posted by Tater for the love of pete, that looks bad. think if you get a mint set, one will be in there. How do you like the KRAZY KAT lettering that would make George Herrminson's heart warm. Ruben __________________ "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society." Coin Talk Museum Exhibits http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins.html   01-07-2009, 03:49 PM   #13 (permalink) indianhead Numismatist   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: PA Posts: 3,685 My Mood: Blog Entries: 1 Quote: Originally Posted by mrbrklyn It was. The whole thing with the dollar coin has been made a joke. Ruben I agree with you Ruben. This whole new Sac program is a disgrace. Of all things Native American they could have picked much better representations of their way of life besides a woman squatting in a field. There are so many other things that would have been much better. I can agree with placing Native American achievments on the reverse such as Jim Thorpe and the Code Talkers from WW2. How about Native American celebrations such as the Sioux Ghost Dance. It shows you how much research was done to put something more attractive on the Sac Dollar.   01-07-2009, 04:36 PM   #14 (permalink) BuffaloNickel86 Member     Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 110 My Mood: Strange, the design looks fine but the coin looks terrible. It is pretty accurate, maybe it just doesn't translate well. Attached Thumbnails   __________________ Last edited by BuffaloNickel86; 01-08-2009 at 09:56 AM.   01-07-2009, 04:36 PM   #15 (permalink) Conder101 Numismatist   Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,098 I think it looks better than I expected. I do think they made a mistake with the choice of lettering font on the reverse. Quote: I can agree with placing Native American achievments on the reverse such as Jim Thorpe and the Code Talkers from WW2. How about Native American celebrations such as the Sioux Ghost Dance. Don't worry, you've got at least 13 more years of these things an all of those have been proposed. I'm sure they will get around to them. Quote: And WHY are they now using $1 over "One Dollar"? Dumbing down of America, we can't expect people to be able to READ a denomination anymore so we are slowly switching over to numbers to try and make it easier to understand. Quote: Is the coin still golden-color? Yes __________________ Slab collector and researcher reported as of 12/29/06 132 companies 332 production varieties Last edited by Conder101; 01-07-2009 at 04:40 PM.   Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 > Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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