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<p>[QUOTE="coleguy, post: 909245, member: 9167"]Kinda some good points. You also have to remember that the "artists" employed by the mint aren't usually trained in sculpture, which most of the great coin artists of the past were. They are graphic artists, used to drafting a design aided by computer technology in a one dimensional form. This is why we see such a discrepancy and a lack of, well, everything, when comparing todays coins with yesterday's. These people sit in an office cubicle instead of a studio and are told what to crank out daily by committee. Unfortunately for our coinage, I'm afraid the days of great works by independent and well accomplished sculpture artists has past and will never return. We're doomed to see the flat cartoonish lifeless works we've seen for the past 50 years, because it saves a few dollars.</p><p>Guy~[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="coleguy, post: 909245, member: 9167"]Kinda some good points. You also have to remember that the "artists" employed by the mint aren't usually trained in sculpture, which most of the great coin artists of the past were. They are graphic artists, used to drafting a design aided by computer technology in a one dimensional form. This is why we see such a discrepancy and a lack of, well, everything, when comparing todays coins with yesterday's. These people sit in an office cubicle instead of a studio and are told what to crank out daily by committee. Unfortunately for our coinage, I'm afraid the days of great works by independent and well accomplished sculpture artists has past and will never return. We're doomed to see the flat cartoonish lifeless works we've seen for the past 50 years, because it saves a few dollars. Guy~[/QUOTE]
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