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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 942988, member: 15309&quot;]Breakdown,</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a really cool topic for a thread.&nbsp; After I list my favorite designs, it should be easy to find the common theme.</p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: Blue"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: Blue">5 FAVORITE DESIGNS</span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1.&nbsp; Lafayette Dollar:</b>&nbsp; This has always been my favorite silver commemorative and always will be.&nbsp; So many cool features and I absolutely love equestrian themed coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Commemoratives/LafayetteDollar1900PCGSMS65Duvall3-.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>2.&nbsp; Antietam:</b>&nbsp; A spectacular design that comes available in the the highest grades with some of the most astonishing toning ever seen on any commems.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Commemoratives/AntietamCommemorative1937PCGSMS66HL.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>3.&nbsp; Gettysburg:</b>&nbsp; Another powerful design, great history, and also available with spectacular toning.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>4.&nbsp; Long Island:</b>&nbsp; Anyone seeing the common theme.&nbsp; I am a sucker for designs with conjoined busts on the obverse and wild rainbow toning.&nbsp; The Long Island certainly fits the bill.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>5.&nbsp; Vermont:</b>&nbsp; The catamount is a favorite amongst us PA boys and Ira Allen is the spitting image of my late father.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: Blue">5 LEAST FAVORITE DESIGNS</span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1.&nbsp; Maryland:</b>&nbsp; Lord Baltimore competes with the banshee on the obverse of the half disme for the scariest looking person on a US coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>2.&nbsp; Wisconsin:</b>&nbsp; The original design was complete by a college student and it shows.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>3.&nbsp; Providence:</b>&nbsp; If not for the cool looking anchor on the reverse, this coin would reach number one on the least favorite list.&nbsp; The obverse of this coin might be the worst on any US coin, classic or modern.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>4.&nbsp; Lexington:</b>&nbsp; Just a hideous coin all the way around.&nbsp; Remarkably unremarkable on both sides.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>5.&nbsp; Columbia:</b>&nbsp; Another perplexing design.&nbsp; That tree is just awful and the stars make it worse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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