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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1708628, member: 26302"]This.</p><p><br /></p><p>Listen, does the mint REALLY think collectors would not pay $1 extra for a high relief, attractive coin? I cannot see how it would cost more than $1 each for proofs and commemoratives to be struck in high relief. Heck, I bet you it would be more like $.25 per unit higher costs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also agree with the "art by committee" idea. No great idea ever came out of 30 people's input. Great art is single handedly the vision of a great artist. Put the parameters down, and let artists be artists. It is sad when Canada beats us artistically when they only have one side of the coin to design, and we cannot beat that with two sides.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1708628, member: 26302"]This. Listen, does the mint REALLY think collectors would not pay $1 extra for a high relief, attractive coin? I cannot see how it would cost more than $1 each for proofs and commemoratives to be struck in high relief. Heck, I bet you it would be more like $.25 per unit higher costs. I also agree with the "art by committee" idea. No great idea ever came out of 30 people's input. Great art is single handedly the vision of a great artist. Put the parameters down, and let artists be artists. It is sad when Canada beats us artistically when they only have one side of the coin to design, and we cannot beat that with two sides.[/QUOTE]
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