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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 3561555, member: 57463&quot;]It would take a close analysis to explain why this is far superior to the Barber knock-offs.&nbsp; It is not just the strike or grade, but the entire design, the vocabulary of line and space that reveals Barbers (pere et fil) to have been second-handers, mere copyists. When the US Mint opened up design opportunities with the ill-conceived and badly managed &quot;Commemoratives&quot; of the 1920s and 1930s, the artistry improved.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]946920[/ATTACH]</p><p>Laura Gardin Fraser. Lindbergh Congressional Medal. Reverse.(Original in gold. My US Mint restrike in bronze.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]946922[/ATTACH]</p><p>Amazon by Anthony C. Paquet. (But it took him a few tries to get it right.&nbsp; See here for the 1859 Department Store Mannequin with Taxidermy:&nbsp; <a href="http://uspatterns.com/anthonycpaquet.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://uspatterns.com/anthonycpaquet.html" rel="nofollow">http://uspatterns.com/anthonycpaquet.html</a> )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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