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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sylvester, post: 6245, member: 708&quot;]Right i guess i gotta be careful how i step here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Firstly; i think coinage is best when it changes every 20 or 30 years, if it changes more than every ten i&#039;m not keen cos it smacks of commemoratives and the mint cashing in, if it stays the same for more than 30 years it&#039;s getting boring.</p><p><br /></p><p>Taking the topic slightly off of course, but with a point to it as you&#039;ll see; take Britain prior to decimalisation it was actually interesting, obverses changed every time a monarch snuffed it, and with regards to the longer reigns they updated the portrait accordingly. The reverses sometimes changed every 10-20 years to keep things fresh, although some reverse held out for over 80 years unchanged and really could have done with erradicating sooner.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now we&#039;re decimal, the obverses have changed three times in 35 years, which isn&#039;t so bad, but the reverses have stayed exactly the same, and they are getting boring. (only just getting?) Before decimalisation the mint got creative and used to find different new inspiring ways of defining Britain on the reverse, now they just stick with what they know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Taking this back onto the US theme, the US coin designs have lasted longer, which could make them even more tiring. Now i appreciate that you&#039;d like to see the great founders of the nation still represented on the coins, but what&#039;s wrong with having a bit of a revamp and trying a new way of portraying these great men?</p><p><br /></p><p>Take Miss Liberty portrayed on the US coinage for a long time, she has gone through many different stylisations and varations on a theme, Morgan&#039;s, JBL&#039;s, Barber&#039;s... Some are better than others, but that&#039;s just luck of the draw.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps a new stylisation of Washington or Jefferson? A reincarnation of Franklin? Perhaps having Miss Liberty on the obverse and Franklin on the reverse? Or how about conjoined busts of Jefferson on the obverse with Liberty? A great man behind the idea of freedom and Liberty, next to the personification of the same?</p><p><br /></p><p>There is so much material that could be worked with, it&#039;s just a lack of imagination on the designer&#039;s part.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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