YES, I like that they put the date back on the obverse for the Washington crossing the Delaware quarter
I saw a picture of one of these yesterday and while it is refreshing to see the date back on the obverse, I have a few quibbles related to typography. 1. The date is rendered in a computer font rather than one drawn to match the original art-deco design and the rest of the obverse lettering and as such looks out of place, like a price increase sticker slapped on top of a professionally designed restaurant menu. 2. The word LIBERTY seems to have had serifs hamfistedly added here and there that aren't true to the original, but look like the kind of enhancement that came out of a phone doodle. 3. The sans-serif font on the reverse is a computer font that tries to come close to the original, but fails. 4. The serif font on the reverse doesn't match that of the date on the obverse. Such "Old Country Buffets" of fonts really rub me the wrong way. Sometimes I wish it didn't, because there's never a darn thing I can do about such offenses, including mixing ClearView Hwy with FHWA on the same road sign. The ATB quarters were consistent in their typography, and it paid off in them having a very coherent appearance. The new 2021 design looks sloppy and careless.
It's so weird to see a mint set with JUST 2 quarters haha. It's been sooooo long. I really do like the "Crossing the Delaware" quarter design. There are few iffy design choices on it but overall, it's refreshing. The Tuskegee is a great design too.
To that end, I wish the Washington Crossing the Delaware quarter wasn't just a one-year type. I wish the U.S. Mint would strike it along with whatever series the U.S. Mint and Congress devise. Likewise, Canada strikes quarters bearing Emanuel Hahn's 1937 Caribou effigy along with whatever circulating commemorative quarters the RCM produces.
Suffice to say, the good old days of designs being rendered and produced by sculptor engravers has passed. Computers do all the work, sorry to say......
i like them but am waiting on the silver ones in the proof set next month.i just hope they make enough of the silver proof sets to be able to get from the u.s. mint.
I notice the computer date font change more than anything of the other motto/inscription font...and it's not terribly bad or distracting to me. I'm just GLAD to have the old look back and indeed wish it weren't just for this issue. On another coin, someone said the Lincoln Memorial reverse isn't ever slated to return, but just don't understand why...why such an unrelated (to anything Lincoln), almost cartoonish design as that bland shield/nut/acorn rendering...never liked it. IMO.
Oh, yes...and I do HATE that milk-chocolate brown proof-holder insert for the coins. When they make me the insert guru, brown goes DOWN...!
Does anybody know if there will be a 5 oz puck made of that Washington crossing the Delaware design or is the Tuskegee one going to be it?
@Vess1 According to a Dec 2020 article in Coinworld. They will be done in the 5 oz. silver"Hockey Puck". The 2021 designs will also be executed as a 3-inch, 5-ounce .999 fine silver bullion coin. That being said. I only see the Tuskegee Airman 5 oz.on the product schedule from the mint for this year. So I guess it's up in the air.
Truthfully, I've never much been a fan of the state and commemorative quarters. The obverse figure of Washington is flat, featureless, compared to the original depiction.
