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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 4599593, member: 102103"]I've read that the sculptor had been working on a redesign before the Type I ever </p><p>reached the public, so the covered breast was not a response to public pressure.</p><p>I guess he wanted a more martial and less vulnerable look for Liberty with World </p><p>War I approaching. <a href="https://www.usacoinbook.com/encyclopedia/coin-designers/hermon-a-macneil/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usacoinbook.com/encyclopedia/coin-designers/hermon-a-macneil/" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> one reference. They say MacNeil was angry about</p><p>the mint making changes to his design without telling him, such as having the </p><p>eagle off center towards the bottom of the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 4599593, member: 102103"]I've read that the sculptor had been working on a redesign before the Type I ever reached the public, so the covered breast was not a response to public pressure. I guess he wanted a more martial and less vulnerable look for Liberty with World War I approaching. [URL='https://www.usacoinbook.com/encyclopedia/coin-designers/hermon-a-macneil/']Here's[/URL] one reference. They say MacNeil was angry about the mint making changes to his design without telling him, such as having the eagle off center towards the bottom of the coin.[/QUOTE]
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