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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 379726, member: 6036&quot;]Ugly is in the eye of the beholder.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Personally, I think the Goddess of Liberty looks masculine and the eagle looks like a chicken. But that doesn&#039;t mean I don&#039;t appreciate the design. I do. The Liberty portrait has a marvelous classical Greek look to it. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Masculinity is every bit is magnificent as feminity, yet only female figures had ever adorned a regular issue US coin. Perhaps the sculptor was trying to make a statement, similar to Rembrandt&#039;s <i>Return of the Prodigal Son</i> in which he so famously gave the father one strong, masculine hand and one slender, feminine hand.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Interesting to have a masculine look, following the very feminine Seated Liberty series.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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