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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 477331, member: 6370&quot;]I think classic would be higher relief and real artistry on the coin...the difference between our modern coins (that would even look poor compared to old time tokens) and the lovely classic coins would also be, imo, the love for the coinage compared to the simple necessity. Societies like the old Germans LOVED coins and medals...they loved their coins and that love showed. They took every opportunity to mint up a coin or medal... births...birthdays...deaths, advertisement, you name it, they would mint to commemorate it. They were also very much closer to the coin because everyone used them.</p><p>I think this attitude showed in old coins and the lack off it shows on modern coins. Euros and US coinage aren&#039;t even a step above a chuck e cheese token in quality...in fact I have an Aladdin&#039;s castle token I think is more attractive than most Euros. I know the golden era of coinage is gone and maybe it will be gone for good, we will never again have great silver coins and large bronzes and coppers like in the past. Most people I know just get annoyed at change and many don&#039;t even use bills much, let alone coins...its all plastic. Its like we are minting coins still only because the transition to plastic is not totally complete.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would love to see us go back to minting coins with the highest of quality engraving (less computer work, this stuff looks like garbage), higher relief, larger and more substantial...Like when I hold a Thaler...now THAT FEELS like a coin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would like us to mint a coin that harkens back to the past but doesn&#039;t regurgitate old coins already done...so many time I see people calling to bring back this coin or that...why? Why not get a good artist and/or engraver/sculptor and come up with a classic LOOKING design without simply copying designs of the past...make a new unique coin that will become a classic modern design. Easier said than done I know but I know there are great talented artists who could probably study the classic coins of Europe and US and come up with a new, outstanding design.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My #1 problem with modern coins is the low relief, they don&#039;t have substance...even older Washington quarters have a more classic refined look to them than the portraits on the state quarters....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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