Poll: Standing Liberty Quarter design. Yes or no?

So youre saying she needs a larger head?

 

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I got crapola for slqs so far just got a couple good walkers I think stanging quarters next ill get a couple winners I think my best is vg lower the. All my flowing hair coins!!

 

You're could right with todays ideal women in the nude . But back then 36" hips would be considered average to small . Also with women trending towards way bigger back in the day and her loose gown I still think it's in a proper perspective . Also McNeil was a top sculptor who would draw sketches 1st to get it right . And all good artists back then had to draw the human body correctly to even get into a good art school . We'll just have to agree to disagree .

 

I see three of the CCAC members voted, choosing it's too busy. Good thing the CCAC wasn't around during the Golden Age of Coinage.

 

My 1st was a 64 FH which I still have , but when I bought that 65FHs were selling for over $1,300 . Luckily I found my 65FH on Heritage for just a little more than what I paid for my 64 FH . Your 64FH is still a keeper in my book .

 

I wish more women were like that today I prefer the curvy classically proportioned women too many today are just skin and bones

 

Maybe the model was a speedskater from the Netherlands!

 

Too busy is the Texas early commemorative , I love the side with the star but the other , is gaudy at best .

 

Haven't been on CT in a while—crazy year.

I'm an art professor, going on 25 years now, and have taught many, many life drawing classes.

For purposes of illustration, figures are stylized in several ways. The "ideal," or ideally-proportioned, figure is considered to be 8 heads tall. The average Joe is more like 7 1/2 heads tall. "Heroic" figures—certain historic and symbolic figures, superheroes, some fashion illustration, etc.—are drawn as 9 heads tall—sometimes taller. I don't know from research but I'm guessing McNeil, particularly in the era he designed the obverse, based his Liberty on the 9-head "heroic" proportion. As Rzage said, being a trained sculptor, McNeil absolutely would've known what he was doing.

As for the design, even though it's a "classic" I've had to warm up to it. As others have mentioned I never understood the purpose of the wall; always looked to me like she is walking out of a hockey penalty box.

 

No complaints from me, but, I've always thought that Walkers are a very busy design on both sides.

 

As far as coin designs in my opinion August st gaudens nailed it on the $20 for the post 1900 era and the Gilbert Stuart / Robert scot combo nailed it on the draped bust 2 best designs all time the trade dollar a close third