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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 594703, member: 66&quot;]Roosevelt DID think Barber&#039;s coins were ugly, but they could not be touched without Congressional approval because they had not been in production for 25 years yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roosevelt did object to the motto IGWT being on the coins, but it had nothing to do with Barbers designs.&nbsp; It was a personal belief and as far as I know he had no intention of trying to push for legislation to remove it.&nbsp; He was smart enough to know that would be a powderkeg.&nbsp; He simply checked to see if the laws REQUIRED the motto to be on the coins he was having redesigned (Specifically Saint-Gaudens coins) and if not could it be left off?&nbsp; Saint-Gaudens felt the same way about the motto and had no objection to leaving it off.&nbsp; The fewer inscriptions the better.</p><p><br /></p><p>And tmoneyeagles was confusing Saint-Gaudens death from cancer in 1907 with Roosevelt.&nbsp; Saint-Gaudens did see the first trial pieces but did die without seeing any of the final production coins or even the UHR trial pieces.&nbsp; I would have to double check RWB&#039;s book to find out specifically which trial piece he did see.&nbsp; Probably the double thick piece.&nbsp; (Roosevelt couldn&#039;t have died in1907 because he&#039;s not one of the President that died in office, his term ended in 1908, and he ran for President again as part of the Bull-Moose Party in 1912.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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