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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 19938, member: 57463&quot;]I found this image while researching a different topic in ancient coins.&nbsp; What struck me was the image of this Miss in a Phyrgian Cap and wearing a crown of laurel.&nbsp; She could appear on any the classic Liberty US type coins of the 19th or early 20th century.&nbsp; I can imagine this goddess modernized for 1890 and placed on a quarter.</p><p><br /></p><p>We know that the founders of our Republic had ancient coins of their own.&nbsp; We also know the inventory of the Treasury&#039;s own coin cabinet.&nbsp; This particular coin, however, is not to my knowledge one of those.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, that does not mean that the engravers, etc., could not have seen many many other kinds of coins at museums, mints, etc.&nbsp; Franklin was in London and Paris (as was John Jay&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).&nbsp; Reich and Paquet both came from Germany and they were not alone in being skilled European immigrants whose talents went into medals and coins. Whether this coin or any of a 1000+ others became part of their memory, we may never know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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