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<p>[QUOTE="CoinOKC, post: 60056, member: 2146"]Midas, I'm probably in the minority on this, but that is <u>ONE UGLY CONCEPT DOLLAR</u>! The proportions are all wrong and the design is old-fashioned. </p><p> </p><p>I don't particularly like the 19th-century "dentils" on the periphery, the "IN GOD WE TRUST" is way too teensy-weensy, Ms. Liberty is bug-eyed and her nose and mouth are waaaaaaaaay too small and pointy, the eagle on the reverse is skewed to one side and it appears that the sun is burning his wing, "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" is lop-sided, the reverse is too "busy" compared with the obverse (especially with the addition of the incuse "PEACE" motto - itself being the only incuse device used) and it appears that the designer ran out of room and stuck the denomination (in this case "ONE CONCEPT") in the only place that was left bare on the coin: SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE! </p><p> </p><p>Ah well, as the saying goes, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", and I'm not beholding any beauty in this particular piece.</p><p> </p><p>I'll have to see how they design the Millard Fillmore dollar before I make any final judgements on it... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Who knows, they might spruce him up a little bit and his dollar might become all the rage...!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CoinOKC, post: 60056, member: 2146"]Midas, I'm probably in the minority on this, but that is [u]ONE UGLY CONCEPT DOLLAR[/u]! The proportions are all wrong and the design is old-fashioned. I don't particularly like the 19th-century "dentils" on the periphery, the "IN GOD WE TRUST" is way too teensy-weensy, Ms. Liberty is bug-eyed and her nose and mouth are waaaaaaaaay too small and pointy, the eagle on the reverse is skewed to one side and it appears that the sun is burning his wing, "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" is lop-sided, the reverse is too "busy" compared with the obverse (especially with the addition of the incuse "PEACE" motto - itself being the only incuse device used) and it appears that the designer ran out of room and stuck the denomination (in this case "ONE CONCEPT") in the only place that was left bare on the coin: SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE! Ah well, as the saying goes, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", and I'm not beholding any beauty in this particular piece. I'll have to see how they design the Millard Fillmore dollar before I make any final judgements on it... :). Who knows, they might spruce him up a little bit and his dollar might become all the rage...!!! :D[/QUOTE]
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