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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;thetracer, post: 2195109, member: 34795&quot;]I know that this is a deep subject, but maybe some folks are interested in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Human faces have been on coins since ancient times.&nbsp; Back then it was mostly a kings faces on what we now call the obverse -- to show their power and control.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, skip to modern times.&nbsp; At first the USA had allegorical female Liberty faces.&nbsp; And, us students of numismatics now use the recognition of those faces and other markers to determine authenticity or fakery.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, now, most do not seem to like the faces on the new Presidential Dollars.&nbsp; Me too.&nbsp; Why?</p><p><br /></p><p>Even for our oldest presidents, we have images already in our minds about what they look like, from paintings, photos, video -- even more so in recent times with live coverage.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, maybe, we do not like these new images because they do not look like what we have already seen so many times, eh?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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