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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 3062867, member: 18157&quot;]Congress passed a bill that said coin designs could be changed after 25 years. In 1916, anti-Barber powers used this statute to imply that coin designs &quot;had to&quot; change after 25 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t recall all the issues involved, but the net result was a redesign of the dime, quarter, and half dollar in 1916.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a really good book on the subject entitled &quot;The Renaissance of American Coinage 1916-1921&quot; by Roger W. Burdette ...that addresses all these issues and backs it up with correspondence between various Mint officials and Designers.</p><p><br /></p><p>I need to go back and read it again...it&#039;s been awhile. I recall that, early on, the big &quot;controversy&quot; was with the angle of the eagle&#039;s talons.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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