I thought I was going to like it but I don't. The Marshall looks like something you'd see on Scooby-doo and the $1 on it looks goofy. The star side is ok.
Yeah, to me too. Why is his left hand occupied if his holster is strapped for a left hand reach? It looks like the holster is backwards if he as going to reach for it. I find the design uninspired and poorly constructed, kind of par for the course for most US modern coins. I do find the Parks quarters to be better than average though, or maybe my expectations have just been beaten into the ground. Btw, why the heck are we celebrating a 225th anniversary? Isn't there anything that happened 50 years ago, 100 years ago, 200 years ago? A 225th anniversary seems an odd thing for a commemorative coin.
To each his own....not going to split hairs over likes and dislikes. However our US mint could do a lot better Across The board. It seems that and not to get political but congress and the powers being just rubber stamp things out. Prime example Canada and other countries for years now been using dollar and two dollar coins. Yet here the Federal Reserve in Baltimore has God only knows bags of coins paid for with tax dollars sitting. Now don't miss understand I'm not saying we need to trash the dollar note. But why produce an item that no one is using? If a company ran its business like this stock holders would be up in arms. The company would fold. What really frost my cookies is that the new designs as well as technology could stop the waste. And put out a product that people would use and love. I look at the coinage that other countries puts out. Canada for example you can see the quality and yes the RPM does put out items that I question but at least for the most part it looks good.
It's all politics. Interests groups have prevented removal of dead Presidents from our coins. Imagine all the uproar if someone proposed the removal of Washington, Lincoln, and/or Jefferson from our coins. As for the $1 bill the "paper" manufacturer has a very keen interest in keeping the dollar going so makes plenty of donations, to politicians, to keep the dollar note circulating. As for the design themselves, in general, the artists are submitting with one hand tied behind their backs. The Act for each coin has specific items that the coin needs to have on it. The main subject material is subject to review by advisory councils, which in my opinion, don't know what a good design would be if it hit them in the face!!!
I live very near Crane Paper in Dalton, Ma. which makes our currency paper and has a lot of sway on Beacon Hill. I know of what you speak.
Yeah my father worked for the Federal Reserve Bank for 47 years! So I know first hand how things work.
