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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2177737, member: 26302&quot;]So, the mint still has to admit defeat and can only make money by reproducing old coins. Haven&#039;t they beat this horse to death with reusing WL half, SG double eagle, and buffalo nickel designs already?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good god, are we so pathetic that two entire generations of artists are simply incapable of producing anything of artistic merit? I say that because its not true. We have fabulous artists in this country, but a horrific mint. They go through multiple rounds of committees for &quot;input&quot;, (of course you know every brilliant idea has always come from a committee), and then produce the resulting artistically inferior design in the lowest possible relief, using computer gimmicks to cheaply replicate things like frosting on proof coins. Then, of COURSE, the problem has to be our artists just suck and that is why no one buys their crap products except for tv pitchmen using TPG grades to overly hype and screw the public.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>How about they let real artists produce stunning original designs, produce the coins in the relief the artist intended, and, heaven forbid, produce products that collectors love and will buy instead of cheaply hawking old designs and by definition lower the value of older coins produced in the past.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I know, I am a dreamer......[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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