Are the offerings from the USMint getting worse and worse?

What happened to the artistry shown by our coins of the 1900's through 1940's?
Are there no designers like St Gaudens around anymore.
I can't believe our entire country is this devoid of talent.

I don't know if my eyes are deceiving me, but to me, this looks like something an elementary grade child might design.

There is just nothing that I find appealing about this.
This is really the best we can do as a country?
Tell me it ain't so. Please!

(Honestly this almost looks like the Mint designers said, "Let's design the ugliest most unappealing coin possible and see if anyone says anything" (like some sort of twisted joke).

 

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I like Ike, but I hate Mamie......

 

Must be the Leo Durocher nose.

 

@WingedLiberty

Fugly and expensive........what could be worse?

Chris

 

Poor Lady. Now I see why Ike defected.......

 

What happened to modern coins is "Cad Cam"...... It makes things a lot easier to design/replicate/produce on a large scale and also ruins the art.
http://www.autodesk.com/solutions/cad-cam

 

Yeah man but she had a general under her control. Power can be sexy! Hahaha!

 

I've been using my AutoCAD since 1995. I love designing houses, bars & poolrooms with it. It's just a hobby, though, because I've enjoyed drafting and mechanical drawing since 7th grade in 1960.

Chris

 

Yes.

 

The Obverse of this particular coin looks like a Cartoon Caricature.

 

The reverse kind of reminds me of "Thing" from the Addams Family TV show of the 1960's

 

"Thank You Thing!"

 

The look in Jefferson ' s eyes on the new design nickel looks like Lurch.

 

That has the worst obverse ever for a nickel. Is it even Jefferson anymore? Where did he get that hair cut?

 

May be that's where Bruce Jenner got his look from that obv.

 

Ah ha, yes now I see the resemblance.

 

Pretty scary to say the least.

 

Beat me to it.