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<p>[QUOTE="coinguy-matthew, post: 1467598, member: 35762"]If they had continued to mint coins in the same artistic style coins would be very boring, this argument has been going on for as long as coins have been minted. My advice is to collect the designs you like, regardless of when it was made there are some good looking moderns. The real problem is the restrictions the artist have to work around, remember that most of the earlier coins had higher relief giving the coin more character and detail. Also look at the talent the mint was tapping into when these designs were coming about, names like Barber and Fraser.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="coinguy-matthew, post: 1467598, member: 35762"]If they had continued to mint coins in the same artistic style coins would be very boring, this argument has been going on for as long as coins have been minted. My advice is to collect the designs you like, regardless of when it was made there are some good looking moderns. The real problem is the restrictions the artist have to work around, remember that most of the earlier coins had higher relief giving the coin more character and detail. Also look at the talent the mint was tapping into when these designs were coming about, names like Barber and Fraser.[/QUOTE]
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