If the mint were to......

Classic designs on modern coins would be a very poor tribute at best, and yet again more repro/copies at worst.

High speeed, low (Re: no) relief production methods are a poor canvas for the medalic artist to paint on.

Hopefully our country's classic coins will be remembered for the beautiful works of art that they truly are.

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

Do you mean this coin?
http://www.coeur-de-france.com/roty.html
(This site is in French, but one picture speaks 1000 words.) Oscar Roty's La Semeuse is one coin that served as the model for the American Walking Liberty. In post #7 in this thread, I placed the Syracuse Walking Victory gold coin. (See attachment.)

The Walking Liberty is not the only coin cribbed from the French. The Barber series also closely models the coins of the previous decade issued by France. Then, there are the Seated Liberties that follow the Seated Britannias. Seated goddesses (and gods) on coins go back to ancient times, of course.

I think that for America to strike truly original and compelling coins, we have to break with the past as thoroughly as possible. Granted, there are only so many ways to portray an image on a coin. The new colorization processes seem to be opening a new door for designers.