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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;princeofwaldo, post: 2075329, member: 24091&quot;]If we ever get another Director of The Mint in our lifetime, maybe some real change can be implemented.&nbsp; As it is now, with little more than political hacks running the institution as &quot;deputies&quot; the mediocrity will continue. </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I would like to see a director with some real autonomy.&nbsp; Someone who has the authority and the inclination to send a band of hillbillies through the mint&#039;s design department, armed with ax handles to smash and destroy all the computer aided design equipment. </p><p><br /></p><p>All of the staff would then be instructed to produce their designs as galvanos, and if they were unqualified in the art, then they should be shown the door and replaced with someone who is qualified. </p><p><br /></p><p>Would it change the way art schools operate?&nbsp; One can only hope so, many of the most prestigious art schools today rely as much on graphic art software as the mint does, instead of nurturing traditional artistic talent.&nbsp; And this one fact explains why most of the coin designs seen are banal cartoonish insults to the sensibilities of most seasoned numismatists.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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