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<p>[QUOTE="Philip Smither, post: 289677, member: 10661"]I really like the US designs, mainly the older coins though</p><p><br /></p><p>The Washington quarters, the design looks too busy as do some of the state quarters, and i don't really care for the other designs in circulation now,</p><p><br /></p><p>the ones i really like are the indian head coins, Morgan dollars, Lincoln wheat cents - they are my faves as well as quite a few of the state quarters.</p><p><br /></p><p>But unlike americans finding their designs ugly, i don't find british ones ugly one little bit, the coins designs are steeped in hitstory, and although american coins are it doesn't seem to have the same sort of effect, maybe its patriotism but if you take for example the Presidential dollars and state quarters the designs are prety simple as are the ideas. Whereas nearly every 50 pence and £2 coin now has some different design on it for some aniversary.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Philip Smither, post: 289677, member: 10661"]I really like the US designs, mainly the older coins though The Washington quarters, the design looks too busy as do some of the state quarters, and i don't really care for the other designs in circulation now, the ones i really like are the indian head coins, Morgan dollars, Lincoln wheat cents - they are my faves as well as quite a few of the state quarters. But unlike americans finding their designs ugly, i don't find british ones ugly one little bit, the coins designs are steeped in hitstory, and although american coins are it doesn't seem to have the same sort of effect, maybe its patriotism but if you take for example the Presidential dollars and state quarters the designs are prety simple as are the ideas. Whereas nearly every 50 pence and £2 coin now has some different design on it for some aniversary.[/QUOTE]
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