Interesting Information 1936 Com

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For the longest time, I thought the reverse was a large fish with its mouth agape.

 

LOL! So did my wife.........

 

Nice writeup! I've always thought it was appropriate that P. T. Barnum was on an early commem, especially one dated 1936.

 

My wife said same thing also.

 

Your wives seem to be in tradition of the same line of fishy thought...

A The New York Times from 11/08/2001:

A Coin True to Barnum, Controversy and All

"But far more criticized was the sculptor's rendition of the eagle, which one numismatic publication termed, ''The biggest joke as a specimen of our noble bird that ever appeared on a coin.''

"The article went on to deride the eagle's ''tin-roof'' surface and total lack of feathers and suggested that it would make a fine shark."

 

Didn't anyone hear of 'art deco'?

 

''People like the coin, with P. T. Barnum and sort of an Art Deco eagle. It's different.''


Guess someone has.........

 

I have always liked this reverse.
One of my favorite. Eagle designs.

 

Something really fishy going on here!

 

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information
http://news.coinupdate.com/lynchburg-virginia-sesquicentennial-half-dollar-4688/

 

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