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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 6276801, member: 115909&quot;]Really? That’s interesting. Maybe designers are hesitant to deviate too much?</p><p><br /></p><p>I read there was HUGE controversy by the general public with the Peace Dollar design.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently there was going to be a broken sword in the ground by the eagle to symbolize the end of the war and laying down of arms among nations.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the public was outraged an saw the broken sword as symbolizing defeat, when they had won the war.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia has a a lot of information on the Peace Dollar page. It’s fascinating how much pride people took in currency back then. They saw it as representing and symbolizing themselves and America.</p><p><br /></p><p>“At the time, according to Burdette, given the traumas of the Great War, Americans were highly sensitive about their national symbols, and unwilling to allow artists any leeway in interpretation.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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