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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HawkeEye, post: 2987979, member: 86305&quot;]Well if you read the postings under the CoinWorld article almost everyone took exception to the author&#039;s characterizations.&nbsp; It was poorly written and researched, and seemed politically motivated.&nbsp; The author drew connections between the KKK and everyone involved with the effort, which was far from the truth.&nbsp; It certainly would not have been true in the 1960s when the effort was restarted after lying dormant for about 30 years.&nbsp; He also seemed to be drawing connections between any collector of the coin and racism.</p><p><br /></p><p>The motivation for the carving was complex, the times were different, and the effort monumental.&nbsp; The result is the largest relief carving in the world and a fascinating story.&nbsp; I learned in my reading that the final carver was a man with no art training, who had never carved anything before, and never carved anything after.&nbsp; Life is always more interesting than fiction, and stranger.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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