If we're talking about regular issues and excluding commemoratives, as far as American coinage goes, I'm torn between the Walking Liberty half and the St. Gaudens $20.
I have to agree Teddy sure put artful engraving back in US coinage . Liberty nickel were to me one ugly coin. Barber had made. New blood in anything helps.
I love the classic commemoratives. I particularly favor the designs of the Stone Mountain, Oregon trail, and Texas(yet I own none of these). Regular issue wise, I lean towards the Mercury Dime, and smaller denomination US minted Philippine coins. World Coin would probably be Imperial German 1 and 1/2 marks. Wow. I am pretty scattered...
If this topic was in the "US Coins" forum, I'd say Yes. But here ... you can always vote "Other". Christian
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Of course, the Liberty nickel replaced the shield nickel design. IMO Liberty was a nice upgrade to the nickel design. There are probably some beholders that preferred the shield design. P.S. I voted for "other"
There were a few nostalgic confederates who read stars and bars into the design. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...6LE_lMpOfCq_NoJdQ&sig2=zPM3gIVPTNokuiAHDuqjfA