The most hated coin series - Page 4

900fine · 07-03-2009, 05:56 PM

Well, I don't hate anything. Except this :

John the Jute · 07-03-2009, 07:33 PM

Here's an answer from a different point of view: not my own preferences but observations of others.

The coins in history which have actually inspired HATRED seem to be those with a political message, express or implied. During the English Civil War, the King's coinage had his six-word slogan on the reverse, in Latin naturally; Parliament's coinage had inscriptions in English, to emphasize how non-Catholic it was. The King's supporters called Parliament's coinage "breeches money"--this was not intended to be polite.

Did the same happen in the War Between the States?

At a lower level of emotion, most all coins less than three-quarters of an inch in diameter have in their time inspired ANNOYANCE at being too small for practical use. The US dime--and its UK equivalent the 5 pence piece--are just about on the irritability boundary.

Later,

John

900fine · 07-03-2009, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by John the Jute

Did the same happen in the War Between the States?

Not with coinage. Early in the war, the Confederacy siezed the Mints at New Orleans and Dahlonega (Georgia), but did very little with them; they had almost no gold or silver for making coinage.

There were some coins minted by the Confederacy; genuine examples are quite spendy.

I suppose there were some tokens which might have inspired some emotion, but emotions were already running very high due to much weightier issues. I doubt coins or tokens fanned the flames very much compared to the underlying issues of the day.

900fine · 07-03-2009, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by John the Jute

At a lower level of emotion, most all coins less than three-quarters of an inch in diameter have in their time inspired ANNOYANCE at being too small for practical use. The US dime--and its UK equivalent the 5 pence piece--are just about on the irritability boundary.

The Fractional Gold coinage of the California Gold Rush were WAY beyond the limits of irritability !

Imagine a micro-coin with 25c worth of gold.

Very interesting history in those if you're interested.

**green18** · 07-03-2009, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by John the Jute

Here's an answer from a different point of view: not my own preferences but observations of others.

The coins in history which have actually inspired HATRED seem to be those with a political message, express or implied. During the English Civil War, the King's coinage had his six-word slogan on the reverse, in Latin naturally; Parliament's coinage had inscriptions in English, to emphasize how non-Catholic it was. The King's supporters called Parliament's coinage "breeches money"--this was not intended to be polite.

Did the same happen in the War Between the States?

At a lower level of emotion, most all coins less than three-quarters of an inch in diameter have in their time inspired ANNOYANCE at being too small for practical use. The US dime--and its UK equivalent the 5 pence piece--are just about on the irritability boundary.

Later,

John

You nailed it John....

PennyGuy · 07-04-2009, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by John the Jute

Did the same happen in the War Between the States?

Later,

John

During the US Civil War the 2 cent coin was created. The obverse design selected was the "Union Shield", specifically to note that it was Union money and not Confederate.

The silver Three Cent, Two Cent, and just after the Civil War the Five Cent, were the only coins at the time to not have a depiction of Lady Liberty.

covert coins · 07-03-2009, 10:30 PM

IKE's and SBA's

Ripley · 07-05-2009, 06:05 PM

Those 19th century 2.5/5/10/20 Liberty Gold coins are gastly. Libby just looks like such a blockhead.

Ripley

d.t.menace · 07-05-2009, 07:17 PM

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I think a lot of people dislike it because it has a reeded rim, is silver in color and is too close in size to the quarter. As a result, it is easily mistaken for a quarter. The Sac and Presidential Dollars have helped to remedy this by making the rim smooth and the color golden.

As far as the design quality itself, yeah it's ugly and people don't like that. But, that's true of many of the modern coins. I think if they put Farah Fawcett on the coin using the modern design styles even she wouldn't be so attractive.

I think the true sad part about the SBA is the design that got rejected. In 1977, there was a Liberty Dollar design proposed and it was turned down in favor of the SBA and it was beautiful. That's the saddest part to me.

Good post Camaro,I wasnt trying to insinuate that people had shallow reasons for disliking SBA's with my lame attempt at humor.I think you hit the nail on the head for a lot of people.
Also Pennyguy,you're right on about the PC crowd designing this coin.A thrown-together design if there ever was one,they couldn't even come up with an original reverse.
I don't really hate any series,but I'm starting to dislike the Pres's more and more.It should be something to look forward to,to adding the latest one to my album.Instead,like a poster said earlier it's becoming a chore.I guess the first couple years of the series we were dealing with our founding fathers and I could accept the clownish portraits,but now that we're into the lesser Prezs they are harder to look at.

CamaroDMD · 07-08-2009, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by d.t.menace

A thrown-together design if there ever was one,they couldn't even come up with an original reverse.

I have always liked the reverse on the Ike and SBA and was glad they kept it for a little longer. I feel that it is the best part of both coins...but I also have a very strong interest in the space program and the reverse is nearly a direct copy of the Apollo 11 patch.

tmoneyeagles · 07-08-2009, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by CamaroDMD

I have always liked the reverse on the Ike and SBA and was glad they kept it for a little longer. I feel that it is the best part of both coins...but I also have a very strong interest in the space program and the reverse is nearly a direct copy of the Apollo 11 patch.

Well I think both coins, in general were ugly, OBVERSE and REVERSE.
If the reverse was the best part of those coins, that shows how ugly of a coin it truly was.
Always neat to find them in circulation, but I think it is more fun just to throw em' back...

Lehigh96 · 07-08-2009, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tmoneyeagles

Well I think both coins, in general were ugly, OBVERSE and REVERSE.
If the reverse was the best part of those coins, that shows how ugly of a coin it truly was.
Always neat to find them in circulation, but I think it is more fun just to throw em' back...

Travis, This post should make you want to hurl from all the ugliness.