In Search Of Perfection

I am not a fan of modern commemoratives. Just not my cup of tea. I purchased this modern as a bullion purchase maybe a year ago. The more I study this piece the more I find I am drawn to the flawless perfection. But that is to be expected in a commemorative strike. However the bold bust of Washington is unlike any rendition I have ever seen of this great man. Combined with the striking simplicity of the reverse design. I’m just really drawn to this piece. For me anyway it has risen from simple bullion status to one of my more revered pieces..... Please post your perfection. Your MS68-70’s. Or your perfect design and why.

 

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You missed this gold today Randy!!!

 

Wait a minute... who did you buy that from??

 

Some good old boy in the Carolinas...

 

LOL...

 

Wow, those are 3 magnificent specimens!!

 

I've got one of these as a 70. Appreciating both the perfection and the retro mercury dime, but in gold.

 

The closest I come to the ideal above is an NGC/CAC MS 67 FB 1942-D Mercury Dime, which happens to be one of my favorite designs as well.




I also have some PR69DCAM moderns, but they don't make as much of an impression on me as the shiny Merc.

In close second, yet nowhere near an MS68-70, is a NGC MS 62 1914-D Barber Quarter. I rarely see Barber quarters in this condition, looking probably like they did to their contemporaries. It's not perfect, but it's perfect enough for me (plus, I highly doubt that I could afford any MS68-70 of this type).

 

love this Quad portrait

 

I don’t think a coin is perfect if it graded 68-69 and a 70 doesn’t really impress me either. Usually coins which graded VF35, AU58 or MS67 have much better eye-appeal and character.

@ewomack your Mercury dime is great :-D

 

That Washington design should have appeared on the quarter in 1932. Mrs. Laura Fraser, wife of Buffalo Nickel designer, James Fraser, developed it and won the contest for the quarter design. Treasury secretary, Andrew Mellon was in the tank for John Flanagan and had his inferior design used the on the quarter instead. The mint used the Fraser design on this coin to bolster sales to collectors.

 

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it was done in 32 and didn't get used until 99? by the way I prefer the Mrs Fraser. design too!

 

don't know why there's doubles?

 

Yes, because the Secretary of the Treasury preferred Flannagan's design. You can have a design contest and pick a winner, but it is the Secretary of the Treasury who actually selects the design to be used. And they DON'T have to pick the winning design or the design the CACC or Fine Arts Commission selects.

 

I find this hockey puck close to perfection.

 

I have to agree, at 58 you can get some really nice coins

 

The perfect design to me is the $20 gold Indian Pattern and there is only one of those.
1907 $20 J-1776/1905 (Proof)
https://www.google.com/search?q=$20...0KHQXKD2cQ9QEwC3oECAgQBA#imgrc=l3nyZSK6NSpzjM:

 

So this will do me

 

Sweet.... I do love Indians