Large Fielded Coins

I've always been attracted to coins with large uninterrupted fields. As ironic as it might sound, lack of design is among my favorite designs. I guess it's cause the way luster comes off the coin in an even appearance.

I'd like to ask everyone to post photos of coins with large fields that they admire (or even if you don't admire).

I'll start with a few...

Although the design is very "busy" in the center, I find the surrounding fields around seated Liberty are what make this coin special. This is the no stars design. The stars version ruins it for me.




To a lot of people the Canadian Centennial silver dollar design might look boring. I like it for it's large fields.



The "Ike" Dollar is pretty much only a bust of Eisenhower without anything poking out into the fields (such as wreaths, arrows, stars, hair or feathers). Nice and simple. Just the way I like it!

 

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This is a cool idea for a thread. The large empty field around Ms. Liberty, in the NS design, has always appeared quite cool to me. The Canadian dollar was a nice touch, too.

 

I will post a few tomorrow.

 

Tiny coin but large fields.

 

The perfect coin for you



The staunch minimalism accurately represents the melancholy of the French franc ceasing to exist in favor of the Euro.

Also, have you considered collecting blank planchets?

 

That French Franc is nice, but a little too plain (as it is in the photo). In my opinion, it's best when there is some design (not overly complicated) surrounded by large fields. With that said, there are other things that can compensate for an overly minimal/plain design. For example, if that French Franc was a deep cameo proof where the "1" was well frosted and the surrounding field was mirrored (or reversed), that would be really sweet!

Another example - and this is totally mental - is the composition. If blank planchets are .999 silver I would love them and collect them.

 

Some of the State Quarters have a lot of field space -- Wyoming comes to mind, although "uncluttered fields" is about the only nice thing I can say about that design. Kansas has a larger device, but no lettering in the left and right fields around it.

 

I agree that 'large' fields on coins can be quite nice.

I like the 2005 obverse of the Jefferson nickel. It has a nice sized field and is my favorite of the Jefferson obverses. It is infinitely better than the current obverse and nicely 'contemporary' as opposed to the 1938-2004 obverse. It's has a nice balance/ratio of devices to fields and gives the sense of design/composition purpose as opposed to the early seateds without stars, which give an impression of something's just 'missing'.

 

I'm a fan of large clean fields whether it be coins, tokens or medals.

 

Nice coins yarm.

 

Wow. You guys r on to something. Beautiful coins here

 

I shot a Spanish Trail tonight for a client and thought of this thread. Early in my collecting career, I had not liked that commem, but over the years it has become more and more attractive, in my opinion.

 

The "blob" is common on this die marriage.

 

I saw a 5 Euro Latvian commemorative with nice large fields in another thread. I'm currently trying to find out where to buy one.

 

Although this Conder token (Ayrshire 7) is smaller than a typical halfpenny, the absence of any lettering in the fields leaves them wide open.

 

Yarm, that is a beauty.

 

The eagle side is spectacular!!! WOW!!! About as good as it gets for my taste.