I don't realize it was a legal issue, maybe I should have, but I missed it. http://www.coinworld.com/voices/lou...source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=contentlinks
I love these renaissance designs, but I do not want to see them used again/anymore on bullion pieces. That being said, I will not be writing my congressman asking for them in silver.
I feel sorry for the current mintmasters. There's just no room for creativity if people keep slapping them with "let's have the classics back" mentality.
Am I the only one opposed to this? I really have no interest in seeing the mint's neutered, watered-down, low relief, mass produced, shoddy imitations of classic coins. Sorry, but the modern mint just isn't willing to go back to the high relief and fantastic product of yesteryear.
I disagree here. But maybe its a matter of semantics. How creative can you get when all you do is put dead presidents on coins. Usually by classic, I personally, mean allegorical based Liberty coinage. Plenty of room for creativity there. Take the newest high relief American Liberty Gold piece that was released this year. I personally liked the subject matter of that coin. Can't afford it, but I liked it. I'd like to see our coinage return to something like this, and I think that's what is meant when most folks say they desire a return back to the classic designs.
I agree. with @phankins11 the mint has had plenty of time to come up with creative coins and most have been duds. None of my friends even noticed when they ended the State Quarter program and started doing National Parks. There wasn't enough on the coins to make them stop and say "wow."
@physics-fan3.14 , I'm in agreement with you. See my post 2 above yours. I don't like this idea at all.
I actually like the State Quarters and the National Parks. Sure I don't own all the coins as I don't live in the US. As of the return of the classic design - I think it's time to move on. While the latest high relief Liberty gold coin may have looked impressive, I still see it as a twist of the good old classic. I'm a much bigger fan of the US platinum eagles.
When the state quarters began it was a big deal, something new! The reverse of the quarter had been the same for 66 years. People were interested and started collecting/hoarding them. By the end of the state quarters people were bored with them 56 designs in 10 years. So when the 57th design, the first national park quarter, came out it was no big deal. Ho Hum yet ANOTHER new design. if they had waited a few years betwee programs it might have made a real difference. But they would probably have had to wait 10 to 15 years or more. And it still wouldn't have bee as big as the state quarters. You have two or three generations of people now who are used to seeing multiple designs of one denomination in circulation.
