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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 5133643, member: 101855&quot;]1. Back in Andrew Mellon&#039;s time, he the power to override everyone. Today it&#039;s more of a committee with the Fine Arts people having a lot of say. Back in the 1940s, Nellie Tayloe Ross overrulled everyone and allowed Mint Engraver John Sinnock to design the Roosevelt Dime and Franklin Half Dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. The first proposal was this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1204596[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1204597[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1917 Type 1 quarter was a modified version of the 1916 quarter. The 1916 quarter design did not strike up that well. MacNeil modified it, and the design was well struck, at least at the Philadelphia Mint. I can&#039;t recall seeing a poorly struck 1917 Type 1 Philadelphia Mint quarter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then MacNeil modified the design during the &quot;Let&#039;s get into World War I&quot; frenzy. The result was a design that did not work well at all. Some coins barely had a date because the strike issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. I can&#039;t answer that question without a lot more research.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Yes, according to Roger Burdette, he was unable to find any articles or editorials which called the Type I &quot;obscene.&quot; The change was due to the nation going on a wartime footing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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