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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 21536, member: 57463&quot;]Do you mean this coin?</p><p><a href="http://www.coeur-de-france.com/roty.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coeur-de-france.com/roty.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coeur-de-france.com/roty.html</a></p><p>(This site is in French, but one picture speaks 1000 words.) Oscar Roty&#039;s La Semeuse is one coin that served as the model for the American Walking Liberty.&nbsp; In post #7 in this thread, I placed the Syracuse Walking Victory gold coin. (See attachment.)&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The Walking Liberty is not the only coin cribbed from the French.&nbsp; The Barber series also closely models the coins of the previous decade issued by France.&nbsp; Then, there are the Seated Liberties that follow the Seated Britannias.&nbsp; Seated goddesses (and gods) on coins go back to ancient times, of course. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think that for America to strike truly original and compelling coins, we have to break with the past as thoroughly as possible.&nbsp; Granted, there are only so many ways to portray an image on a coin.&nbsp; The new colorization processes seem to be opening a new door for designers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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