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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4472228, member: 101855"]The big problem with the Standing Liberty Quarter was that the design had much "stuff" on it for a coin that had be made in huge quantities for general circulation. The design was too complicated for the space available. The dolphins would have only added more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Creating an attracitve design is only one of the objectives when you design a coin. You have to mass produce it, and it has to wear well in circulation. The Standing Liberty quarter design failed on those counts most of its production run.</p><p><br /></p><p>The remarkable thing about the 1917 Type I was that it was so well made. If MacNeil had left it alone, the disgn might have had a longer run. He messed with it, added more detail, and from then on the coin did not have a bright future.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4472228, member: 101855"]The big problem with the Standing Liberty Quarter was that the design had much "stuff" on it for a coin that had be made in huge quantities for general circulation. The design was too complicated for the space available. The dolphins would have only added more. Creating an attracitve design is only one of the objectives when you design a coin. You have to mass produce it, and it has to wear well in circulation. The Standing Liberty quarter design failed on those counts most of its production run. The remarkable thing about the 1917 Type I was that it was so well made. If MacNeil had left it alone, the disgn might have had a longer run. He messed with it, added more detail, and from then on the coin did not have a bright future.[/QUOTE]
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