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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kurisu, post: 8323538, member: 117063&quot;]So for me..... it&#039;s the Wilma Mankiller. Easily.</p><p><b>There is so much power and movement in that one for me.</b></p><p>I&#039;ll give you my thoughts as an artist and a numismatist.</p><p><br /></p><p>As soon as I saw it up close it felt like a large sculpture and you can feel her importance.</p><p>Ever see a huge buck watching out for the herd?</p><p>She has that kind of majesty in this image.</p><p>Everything about it is fantastic...<i><b>like the way the tassels from her shawl are blown from the wind and blend into the landscape.</b></i></p><p>I think the layout is more masterful than the other coins with the use of the mirror fields entirely around the perimeter as well as heavier use of the empty mirrored background makes for a stronger design.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now about the Wilma Mankiller for us hunters...just like the obverse of all of them with the mirrored field unbroken all the way around the perimeter of Washington, this coin will be a real challenge and likely worth quite a bit in MS67 and 68!</p><p>Because it&#039;s the only coin in the series with that unbroken mirrored field all the way around the perimeter on BOTH sides.</p><p><br /></p><p>As many of you already know, when you find a beautiful Maya there&#039;s always almost some fine chatter in that bit of mirror going all the way around Washington&#039;s portrait! Now we&#039;ll be looking for nice clean fields all the way around both sides with the Mankiller quarter <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> but I looooove those kinds of challenges <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My second favorite is the Anna May Wong in large part because it&#039;s also going to be a fun challenge to find that one in really high Mint States.</p><p>Like the newer nickels and how fast Jefferson&#039;s face gets marked up I have a feeling all those smooth surfaces and those little rivets are going to make for a fun challenge.</p><p>Artistically I wish they had gone a bit gentler on her design and made it more Art Deco and much less Industrial.</p><p>I do like the commitment of the design though, the forcefulness of how she had to battle stereotyping at the time can be represented in the solidness of the design in a few ways in my mind too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Glad you nice folks are finding these coins/ladies interesting too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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