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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1447045, member: 26302"]Truth be told, save for coins designed in the late 1700's, this country's coins weren't the best in the world until Teddy Roosevelt. He was the true pioneer that ushered in the US coinage golden age. This is so true that even today the treasury continues stealing these wonderful designs to put on bullion coins just so people will buy them. The $20 St Gaudens, the WL, the buffalo nickel, and now I head the winged liberty dime, all have been reused due to the timeless beauty.</p><p><br /></p><p>How to revive it? I am not sure it can be on modern production coins with their computer designing of ultra low relief. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, the crying shame to me is commemorative coinage. These need to be entrusted to a single artist, and struck on the specifications given by the artist for highest artistic style. Its a commemorative, who cares if they need to charge $.50 more because the high relief takes longer to produce? Commemorative coins should be our nations calling card to the rest of the world, showing them artistic elagance has not left this nation. As it is, its treated like any other government entitlement bestowing money on whatever organization has the most political pull. </p><p><br /></p><p>While we are at it, can we freaking stop making war coins? I am a combat vet, but I am sick and tired of coins with soldiers, war, police, etc on our dang coins. Is that all we think about and celebrate anymore? I want coins of inventors, doctors, musicians, all of the good things in life we produce. </p><p><br /></p><p>2014 proposed commemoratives:</p><p><br /></p><p>Jimmy Hendrix</p><p>Hank Williams</p><p>Central Park</p><p>Babe Ruth</p><p>Salmon Chase[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1447045, member: 26302"]Truth be told, save for coins designed in the late 1700's, this country's coins weren't the best in the world until Teddy Roosevelt. He was the true pioneer that ushered in the US coinage golden age. This is so true that even today the treasury continues stealing these wonderful designs to put on bullion coins just so people will buy them. The $20 St Gaudens, the WL, the buffalo nickel, and now I head the winged liberty dime, all have been reused due to the timeless beauty. How to revive it? I am not sure it can be on modern production coins with their computer designing of ultra low relief. However, the crying shame to me is commemorative coinage. These need to be entrusted to a single artist, and struck on the specifications given by the artist for highest artistic style. Its a commemorative, who cares if they need to charge $.50 more because the high relief takes longer to produce? Commemorative coins should be our nations calling card to the rest of the world, showing them artistic elagance has not left this nation. As it is, its treated like any other government entitlement bestowing money on whatever organization has the most political pull. While we are at it, can we freaking stop making war coins? I am a combat vet, but I am sick and tired of coins with soldiers, war, police, etc on our dang coins. Is that all we think about and celebrate anymore? I want coins of inventors, doctors, musicians, all of the good things in life we produce. 2014 proposed commemoratives: Jimmy Hendrix Hank Williams Central Park Babe Ruth Salmon Chase[/QUOTE]
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