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<p>[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 25921601, member: 92655"]Was just listening to a professor of architecture discussing the reopening of the Cathedral at Notre Dame that has just reopened after a fire had destroyed the place in 2019. Much of the discussion centered around all the gothic statues that were recreated by machine. The pieces were recreated to the finest detail, however the general consensus (of this professor) was that the pieces were lifeless.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I have long thought that our current coinage is lifeless and I believe this professor has nailed it. The human hand imparts life to its work. You can look at a 1921 Peace dollar and a 2021 Peace dollar side by side and it is glaringly obvious. The 2021 while virtually perfect is lifeless. All the current quarter designs strike me much the same. Shouldn’t we have a human hand creating our master dies?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 25921601, member: 92655"]Was just listening to a professor of architecture discussing the reopening of the Cathedral at Notre Dame that has just reopened after a fire had destroyed the place in 2019. Much of the discussion centered around all the gothic statues that were recreated by machine. The pieces were recreated to the finest detail, however the general consensus (of this professor) was that the pieces were lifeless. Now I have long thought that our current coinage is lifeless and I believe this professor has nailed it. The human hand imparts life to its work. You can look at a 1921 Peace dollar and a 2021 Peace dollar side by side and it is glaringly obvious. The 2021 while virtually perfect is lifeless. All the current quarter designs strike me much the same. Shouldn’t we have a human hand creating our master dies?[/QUOTE]
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