The Most Beautiful Coins Ever Made?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by FentonForche, May 7, 2009.

  1. Morgan1878

    Morgan1878 For A Few Dollars More..

    Well, after all the thread asked "What is the most beautiful coin in the world."

    Certainly, I wouldn't mind being her escort, but she'll have to leave the bird at home!
     
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  3. tmoneyeagles

    tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer


    I've got the hots for her.. :D
     
  4. Mr. Coin Lover

    Mr. Coin Lover Supporter**

    As you know every three or four months someone posts a poll of Peace Dollar vs Morgan Dollar. I'll say now what I always say on the polls: She is the hottest Miss Liberty we have ever had on a coin.
     
  5. Morgan1878

    Morgan1878 For A Few Dollars More..

    I do not think it's art deco..art deco started around 1925..SLQ design circa 1916 is neo-classical...re-hash of greek and roman style..

    Still a beautiful coin..what did you mean by "dark side coinage".
    I fail to see Darth Vader in any of this...
     
  6. Morgan1878

    Morgan1878 For A Few Dollars More..

    So now we have the perfect strategy for winning the hearts and souls of those male-dominated dictatorships around the world...give them Liberty they want to lust for...I'm calling Obama right now...let's see if we put Scarlett Johansson in a tasteful yet alluring role as Liberty spokesperson...
     
  7. tmoneyeagles

    tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer

    I did that :)
    But I'm sure some others did it before me...
    I personally like the Peace Dollar better, although I don't have a single one...
    I'm looking a nice toned one, MS63, at $40, my friend has... I told him to hold it for me
     
  8. mrbrklyn

    mrbrklyn New Member

    Darkside coins are coins which are non-US and ancients. As for it not being art-Deco, that might be correct but Art Deco did spring as a further development of the monumental styles which influenced the design arts at the turn of the century moving into the 1920's. By the 1920's print media, advertising and advances in mass media had influenced the finer arts dramatically as both art-Noveua and Art Deco styles developed,

    Jack's observation, while perhaps not perfectly precise was spot on accurate.

    Ruben
     
  9. Morgan1878

    Morgan1878 For A Few Dollars More..

    Oh yeah..your reply triggered my memory about a rather spirited thread concerning "dark side" and U.S. coins. One of the discussions being tossed back & forth as I recall was whether the term "dark side" for non U.S. coins was a negative swipe at anything non U.S. hence accusing certain Cointalk forum members of being biased towards coinage outside the U.S.

    As far as art deco evolving from the neo-classical movement, true in this case and generally true in other cases where new art styles emerge. Art historians generally have 1925 as the starting date of Art Deco, which is why I picked that date. Styles generally don't explode out of a vaccum, they are influenced by earlier styles. More evolution than revolution although the process can be accelerated by a group of artists such as the Impressionists who are willing to stick their necks out and suffer the slings and arrows of a public and critics still wedded to an older aesthetic.
     
  10. mrbrklyn

    mrbrklyn New Member

    Well, two things converged to bring the Art Deco movement into existence. First was the large number of monumental works and arches that were produced in Romanistic and Neo-classical style as the 50th anniversary of the civil war emerged around 1915. Many arches, murals and buildings commemorating the war by the generation that lived through it caused a large building boom requiring new artistic decorations and statues through out the north, cumulating with the 50th anniversary of the war.

    The second driving force was the new building techniques used through out the 1920's starting in earnest with completion of the Woolworth building in Manhattan, and through the building boom with ultimated produced the Empire State Building and the Chrysler buildings in Midtown, and being crowned by the production of Rockefeller Center, the crown jewel of Art Decco design. It was also influenced by the painting of Picasso and Matise who experimented with open weighted fields and expressive distortion of classical realism. The SLQ design is a direct child of this flow of this new aesthetic vocabulary, as was the St Guald and Walker for that matter.

    Ruben
     
  11. Morgan1878

    Morgan1878 For A Few Dollars More..


    Lots of good stuff in this post...I can't reply now because I'm headed out on a bike ride..picture perfect 75 degree weather.

    Thanks for the back & forth..it challenges some of my beliefs, re-enforces others and opens up new avenues for other topics.
     
  12. BenjyH_2009

    BenjyH_2009 Senior Member

    Really nice old coin[​IMG]
     
  13. regandon

    regandon Senior Member

    I would say this is one nice looking coin
     

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  14. byrd740

    byrd740 Numismatist

    Thats what I have been saying all along!
     
  15. Morgan1878

    Morgan1878 For A Few Dollars More..

    So..back from the bike ride..did a little digging.

    This whole discussion started when I stated that Arizona Jack incorrectly labeled the SLQ as Art Deco. I stated that it was Neo-Classical. We're both wrong. It's Art Nouveau..which gapped Neo-classicism and Art Deco.

    If you hadn't been as persistent in pounding a few facts my way..I would know less about the art movements in this period than I do now.

    One of the things I learned about the SLQ was that the first design in 1916 incited a fair amount of public outraqe due to the exposure of Liberty's breast. A re-design in 1917 covered her up..to her neck..in chain mail. Also, the eagle on the reverse was modified. You probably know all of this, but to me, it's a revelation. But then again, I haven't been around coin collecting that long.

    What I do have, however is a long term passion for art. I've painted for many years. My style is influenced by the southwest light of Georgia O'Keeffe and to some extent the surrealism of Dali. A great hobby in the Northwest when the weather precludes outdoor activities. At times in the past, I've done product photography (bicycling industry) as well as graphic design and layout. A year ago, I finished tiling our fireplace in the family room. Other than the grouting, it was fun. I'm currently working on a 3' x 4' canvas which is about 90% complete. As Picasso once said "There's no such thing as a finished painting, only an abandoned one"
     
  16. mrbrklyn

    mrbrklyn New Member

    FWIW - I said it was had Art Nouveau leanings :) And I think it is a myth that the breast caused outrage. Do a search for previous threads.


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  17. Morgan1878

    Morgan1878 For A Few Dollars More..

    Oh...I definitely recall you saying it had Art Nouveau leanings...but neither Jack or I said that.

    As far as the re-design of the SLQ, I'll search previous threads..
     
  18. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    Forget art newvue, duevoe, whatever. Want to know a classic American artist? Frederick Remington........and what's more he's got nothing to do with coins....so I guess I'm out of line.
     
  19. Morgan1878

    Morgan1878 For A Few Dollars More..

    Frederick definitely portrayed the spirit of the Far West in a fashion that will be appreciated by many generations...whether it's coins, paintings or sculpture, there's been some seriously talented artists on this planet...
     
  20. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Takes my breath away.
     
  21. stampix

    stampix New Member

    Is that made by Forming simulation?Or a Stamping simulation?
     
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