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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Zak, post: 42304, member: 824"]<i>"I'll reiterate: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Personally, I think the SBA Dollar is more eye-catching than the abysmal 1793 Flowing Hair Dollar with her "bug eyes" and wild, Bride-of-Frankenstein-esque hair"</i></p><p><br /></p><p>We shall see in 100 years what coins they will talking about and for Flowing Hair coin to come out before the turn into the 19th Century, at least our mint had the right idea using Liberty. But your single vote for SBA has been noted. You have to admit, she does looks like Margaret Hamilton's sister, don't you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I am all for a new Liberty depiction. Something that looks like Cindy Crawford with the hair blowing back in the wind. Tall and beautiful. Something that when I look at coin, I can admire the beauty...not something that makes me shudder and think (what the??)when I look at the mug of SBA.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see what happens when you put real people on coins? Politics...differant ideas of beauty...all come to play when THEY shouldn't.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Zak, post: 42304, member: 824"][I]"I'll reiterate: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Personally, I think the SBA Dollar is more eye-catching than the abysmal 1793 Flowing Hair Dollar with her "bug eyes" and wild, Bride-of-Frankenstein-esque hair"[/I] We shall see in 100 years what coins they will talking about and for Flowing Hair coin to come out before the turn into the 19th Century, at least our mint had the right idea using Liberty. But your single vote for SBA has been noted. You have to admit, she does looks like Margaret Hamilton's sister, don't you think? Also, I am all for a new Liberty depiction. Something that looks like Cindy Crawford with the hair blowing back in the wind. Tall and beautiful. Something that when I look at coin, I can admire the beauty...not something that makes me shudder and think (what the??)when I look at the mug of SBA. You see what happens when you put real people on coins? Politics...differant ideas of beauty...all come to play when THEY shouldn't.[/QUOTE]
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