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Message:: [QUOTE="fusiafinch, post: 909157, member: 18382"]Here's an article through Krause publications commenting on the artistic quality of recent commemorative coins and the next phase of quarters; <a href="http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=11204" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=11204" rel="nofollow">http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=11204</a> Here's the core of the article, and I totally agree with this: "... The coins and medals should distill the subject to its essence, Luebke  wrote, “rather than present a confusing collage of multiple elements.”  Marks said the designs are more storyboard than allegorical and fail to  use symbolism, which has always been a major device in portraying ideas  in medallic art.  Take, for example, the Saint-Gaudens $20 gold  piece, Marks said. Meant to depict a young nation that is strong, he  used symbolism rather than multiple images of people doing tasks..." I do hope that the artistic vision of US coins is rekindled. We've had such great coins in our history. I hope we can do it again. We've had some successes recently, however. I thought the commemorative Jefferson nickels worked well. I also think the Sacagewea dollar is a beautiful coin. I'd like to see Liberty return to our coins. Just my thoughts. Steve[/QUOTE]