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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 4602885, member: 15481&quot;]That’s pretty obvious.</p><p>The next layer of knowledge is why was it a design decision?</p><p>One thing is to observe the design in itself, noting the different varieties, errors, etc.</p><p>Another thing is to ask why did society at that time want that design. I find the latter a much more interesting, but much more difficult question.</p><p>These discussions happen a lot more often around the iconography of ancient coins, I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why does the Mercury dime have fasces on the reverse? Is it because the US was fascist at the time?</p><p>Or did the fasists’ use of ancient symbols pollute them to the extent that they became impossible to use post ww2?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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