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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Apocalypse Cow, post: 865343, member: 24651&quot;]Wow Cucumber! That is a wonderful example. That&#039;s the nicest toning on a semesue I&#039;ve seen so far, but granted I have not been looking into this design for very long. I ask around the local shops about this coin and they pretty much look at me like I am crazy. Nice examples seem to be quite scarce in my area. </p><p><br /></p><p>The design in gold is equally attractive. Not my coin but someday hopefully.</p><p><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/members/apocalypse-cow/albums/799/11031.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still learning about this design but one thing I read was that la semeuse caused a bit of a stir when released. Just like today, many of the coins back then were nothing special to look at. Much of it nothing but profile shots of past or present national rulers and all done like the guy was sitting for his portrait to be done by a painter. When a design came along that showed an action shot, and it did not depict any recognizable person, it was a novelty. Seeing how the sower preceded the walking liberty by 20 plus years it&#039;s pretty safe to assume that Adolph Weinman was aware of the design and seeing their strong resemblance I think that the walker is a decedent of the sower.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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