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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4397037, member: 101855&quot;]A couple of points.</p><ol> <li>There are collectors and dealers out there who don&#039;t like the Draped Bust design. More of them don&#039;t like the Heraldic Eagle design. They complain about the replacement of the Small Eagle design (1795 to 1798) and call the large eagle, &quot;bovine excrement.&quot;<br /> <br /> </li> <li>If you look at Scott’s die work starting at the beginning of 1805 and especially in 1806 and ’07, you will see a distinct deterioration. The relief got much lower and the dies did not impart as much fine detail on the coins. The obverse of this 1806 half dollar is an example.</li> </ol><p>[ATTACH=full]1105649[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1105650[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at Scott’s later design, the Matron Head Large Cents and the Capped Bust $2.50 and $5.00 gold pieces for example, the coins are down right ugly, at least in my opinion. Note the reverse of this 1916 large cent was still John Reich&#039;s design.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1105654[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Scot was clearly past his prime years before he died in office, but his body remained strong as his talents diminished.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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