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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 1883708, member: 5233&quot;]One of the common things I see posted here is a plea to remove the &quot;dead presidents&quot; from our coinage and replace them with images of Lady Liberty like &quot;the good old days.&quot;&nbsp; While I agree with this sentiment...I have been thinking that if this were to occur, we might be very unhappy with the results.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know what we are all thinking...we&#039;d love to see circulating coinage with the same kind imagery as the Walking Liberty Half, Morgan Dollar or the St. Gaudens Double Eagle.&nbsp; It would be amazing.&nbsp; But, is that what we would get?</p><p><br /></p><p>If we look back to the last time we saw Lady Liberty on a new circulation coin...it was 1947.&nbsp; A lot has changed since then.&nbsp; Gone are the days of soft silver planchets.&nbsp; Today&#039;s planchets are mainly nickel-clad...a very hard medium.&nbsp; On top of that, the philosophies behind coinage design has changed.&nbsp; The art is less important now and the economics of the design is key.&nbsp; What I mean by that is, the mint has to be able to produce a very high quantity of coins with minimal die replacement.&nbsp; Combine this with the very hard planchet materials and what we end up with are coins with very low relief.&nbsp; Extremely flat and unimaginative designs.</p><p><br /></p><p>As nice as it would be to see Lady Liberty on our coins again...would we even recognize her?&nbsp; If we did...would we like what we see?&nbsp; Wouldn&#039;t it almost be unfortunate to see her portrayed in such a way?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I think the modern day Liberty coin that I picture in my head would be a far cry from the coin I would see in my hand if one was to be produced.&nbsp; I find myself torn...I&#039;d both love and hate to see that coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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