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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 24480347, member: 101855"]If you are looking for ugly examples of the human face, just about any medieval hammered British coin will qualify. This is Henry VI. They all pretty much looked the same in those days.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1548842[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This might be worse. This is Henry II, although it was actually issued on behalf of Richard I (a.k.a. Richard the Lion Heart). Richard cared a lot more for his French holdings than "boring old England." He spent less time in England, about 9 months, than any other British monarch.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1548843[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a modern political token. The portraits are supposed to be Kennedy and Johnson. The artwork on 19th century political tokens was quite good sometimes, but the modern stuff is usually pretty bad.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1548844[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1548845[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 24480347, member: 101855"]If you are looking for ugly examples of the human face, just about any medieval hammered British coin will qualify. This is Henry VI. They all pretty much looked the same in those days. [ATTACH=full]1548842[/ATTACH] This might be worse. This is Henry II, although it was actually issued on behalf of Richard I (a.k.a. Richard the Lion Heart). Richard cared a lot more for his French holdings than "boring old England." He spent less time in England, about 9 months, than any other British monarch. [ATTACH=full]1548843[/ATTACH] This is a modern political token. The portraits are supposed to be Kennedy and Johnson. The artwork on 19th century political tokens was quite good sometimes, but the modern stuff is usually pretty bad. [ATTACH=full]1548844[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1548845[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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