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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1313123, member: 26302"]Lets look at where we have been to see where we should go.</p><p><br /></p><p>1794 Flowing hair, scary looking girl, not good. Tiny little eagle on reverse, no impressive</p><p><br /></p><p>1798 Draped bust, pretty but small, bigger eagle still too tiny</p><p><br /></p><p>1809 Better liberty, more detail. </p><p><br /></p><p>1837/8 etc all. Liberty seated, way too tiny on a dime, no eagle</p><p><br /></p><p>1892 Barber liberty, better size to see her</p><p><br /></p><p>1916 Winged liberty, nice head shot</p><p><br /></p><p>1946 Dead white guy, generic industrial style</p><p><br /></p><p>I say where we have been shows we need a design just of the head of liberty, hopefully with some artistry. An eagle on the reverse, unless something cool and stylish like a head design, is just too tiny for this coin. I would vote for a modern rendition of a winged liberty, but give the artist complete freedom to create something of beauty representational of liberty, and not have to try to force a whole person or whole bird on such a tiny little coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1313123, member: 26302"]Lets look at where we have been to see where we should go. 1794 Flowing hair, scary looking girl, not good. Tiny little eagle on reverse, no impressive 1798 Draped bust, pretty but small, bigger eagle still too tiny 1809 Better liberty, more detail. 1837/8 etc all. Liberty seated, way too tiny on a dime, no eagle 1892 Barber liberty, better size to see her 1916 Winged liberty, nice head shot 1946 Dead white guy, generic industrial style I say where we have been shows we need a design just of the head of liberty, hopefully with some artistry. An eagle on the reverse, unless something cool and stylish like a head design, is just too tiny for this coin. I would vote for a modern rendition of a winged liberty, but give the artist complete freedom to create something of beauty representational of liberty, and not have to try to force a whole person or whole bird on such a tiny little coin. Just my opinion. Chris[/QUOTE]
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