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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 8234605, member: 42773&quot;]I mentioned in my first post that Roberts was a master of portraiture. Perhaps his magnum opus in that regard was this Bicentennial medal struck by the Franklin mint. It&#039;s remarkable how all thirty faces are easily recognizable and expressive. I&#039;ve never seen anything like it. It&#039;s a bronze proof 2 1/2 inches diameter.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448375[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The key to the portraits is given in the packaging...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448376[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Roberts left the position of chief engraver of the US Mint to go into private business, which had never been done before. (Has it ever been done since? I don&#039;t know.) His rationale was that you can get comfortable and artistically dull in a secure government job, whereas private industry forces you to stay imaginative.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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