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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 950966, member: 66&quot;]The coin was not design by a Mint Employee and the portait was strictly Frasers.&nbsp; When doing an idealized portrait most artists will create a composite image.&nbsp; There is nothing unusual about it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There was no such restriction.&nbsp; Other than the very recent coinage legislation for the state quarters and the President dollars there have never been a restriction against a living person on the coinage.&nbsp; In fact there is no such restriction written into the First Spouse legislation.&nbsp; When they get to the Carter, Reagan, and George Bush dollars if their wives are still alive they will appear on their coins while living.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fraser himself identified Two Moons and Iron Tail as being two of the three models.&nbsp; The problem comes with the third model.&nbsp; Fraser couldn&#039;t remember who the third model was.&nbsp; There was also the problem that there were two indian chiefs with similar names&nbsp; One was Chief Big Tree who Fraser DID creates sketches and a portrait of, and there was Chief John Big Tree who MAY have posed for Fraser but Fraser was not sure if he had sketched him or not.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Last i knew Black Diamonds head was owned by Bill Fivaz.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I would like to know is what ever became of the Automobile robe that was made out of his hide.&nbsp; (An automobile robe was a heavy covering that could be worn over the legs, lap, and arms of a person riding in the rumble seat of a car to help keep them warm in cold weather.&nbsp; I&#039;ll leave it up to the youngsters to figure out what a rumble seat was.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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