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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom B, post: 894063, member: 11854&quot;]I don&#039;t know if your coin has original, undisturbed mint luster since it is just so white. It may be original, but there is a decent chance it has taken a bath in dip at some point. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Regarding the text of yours I put in <b>bold</b>, you are repeating a numismatic myth. There is not a single piece of contemporary evidence to suggest this was the cause of the change. Allegorical male and female nudes were widely accepted in the US during this time period and were featured on paper money as well as public statuary. The change in design was driven by a desire by the artist and the Mint to produce a better coin and it was the artist (MacNeil) who changed the style of Ms. Liberty to that fo a chain mail covering. This may in part be due to the fact that the original sketches for the coin were produced when the US was not on the precipice of WWI, but by the time the coin design was changed the US found itself close to being sucked into the war. Also, MacNeil changed how he composed public statues featuring nude or semi-nude women to also wear the chain mail breast covering during this immediate pre-war and WWI period. Much more information can be found in Roger Burdette&#039;s wonderful <i>Renaissance of American Coinage </i>trilogy where Roger used primary source material to trace the production and change in designs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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