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<p>[QUOTE="Tim C, post: 3577659, member: 71569"]I guess the question here is: Should you believe someone who hocked a book 40 + years after the fact with no direct knowledge or the two designers that were involved with the project from the beginning and documented the timeline within five months of the start?</p><p><br /></p><p>In truth?</p><p><br /></p><p>Please explain how the half dollar was chosen by Mrs. Kennedy because the Franklin Half was the only US Coin minted without the bust of a former President. In truth, the half dollar was chosen because in the early 1960’s, the silver dollar did not circulate much in commerce and Mrs. Kennedy did not want to replace Washington on the quarter dollar. Replacing Franklin on the half dollar had nothing to do with him not being a former President.</p><p><br /></p><p>The myth that, “when Mrs. Kennedy saw these coins she did not approve some of the design elements in her husband’s hair and recommended changes.” (A Guide Book of FRANKLIN & KENNEDY HALF DOLLARS, by Rick Tomaska pp. 237). From the sense of your post, you are representing this as ‘fact’ when in reality Tomaska qualifies the issue as “The story goes . . .”</p><p><br /></p><p>Did Jacqueline Kennedy make suggestions for changes for the portrait of the Half Dollar? Yes, but before any production dies had been tooled and she “felt it would be an improvement if the part in the hair, on the portrait, was less pronounced and more accents were added.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tim C, post: 3577659, member: 71569"]I guess the question here is: Should you believe someone who hocked a book 40 + years after the fact with no direct knowledge or the two designers that were involved with the project from the beginning and documented the timeline within five months of the start? In truth? Please explain how the half dollar was chosen by Mrs. Kennedy because the Franklin Half was the only US Coin minted without the bust of a former President. In truth, the half dollar was chosen because in the early 1960’s, the silver dollar did not circulate much in commerce and Mrs. Kennedy did not want to replace Washington on the quarter dollar. Replacing Franklin on the half dollar had nothing to do with him not being a former President. The myth that, “when Mrs. Kennedy saw these coins she did not approve some of the design elements in her husband’s hair and recommended changes.” (A Guide Book of FRANKLIN & KENNEDY HALF DOLLARS, by Rick Tomaska pp. 237). From the sense of your post, you are representing this as ‘fact’ when in reality Tomaska qualifies the issue as “The story goes . . .” Did Jacqueline Kennedy make suggestions for changes for the portrait of the Half Dollar? Yes, but before any production dies had been tooled and she “felt it would be an improvement if the part in the hair, on the portrait, was less pronounced and more accents were added.”[/QUOTE]
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