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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sodude, post: 1916338, member: 30828&quot;]Maybe politics is the wrong term. But I believe they are changing the meaning of the reverse rather than simply choosing based on artistic design.</p><p><br /></p><p>There has been a distinction between the Silver Eagle and the Gold and Platinum Eagles designs. That being that the latter two have nice eagles on their reverses, but they don&#039;t have the same symbolism as the Silver. The Gold and Platinum coins reverses are very light on symbolism.</p><p><br /></p><p>The current Silver Eagle&#039;s heraldic eagle is clutching an olive branch and arrows. The symbolism has to do with America&#039;s role in the world and it&#039;s relationships with others (world politics).</p><p><br /></p><p>For the new design (#41), they have dropped the arrows. The eagle is flying (somewhere) with an olive branch. I don&#039;t think it&#039;s just artistic taste. When you pick and choose symbolic elements that have meaning, you are making a statement.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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