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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 8165207, member: 27832&quot;]And this ain&#039;t it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fraser&#039;s design, the one on the new quarter, <a href="https://coinweek.com/coins/commemoratives-coin-guide/the-once-and-future-commemorative-washington-quarter/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/coins/commemoratives-coin-guide/the-once-and-future-commemorative-washington-quarter/" rel="nofollow">was unanimously chosen in the original design competition for the 1932 quarter, but that decision was overruled</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>This isn&#039;t a &quot;bad modern design&quot;. It was contemporaneous with the one we&#039;ve been seeing since 1932. Most people who knew art thought it was <i>better</i> than the design that was chosen, but the politicians who had the final say rejected it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Think <i>really</i> hard about your reaction to this design. You, of course, are the only one who can say what art you do and don&#039;t like. But are you truly offended by its artistic merits or weaknesses, or is it just that it&#039;s <i>different</i>, and therefore bad?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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