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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 15513, member: 57463&quot;]I wrote about the Walker, the Peace Dollar, the Buffalo Nickel, and other coins for the ANA Numismatist.&nbsp; The research I did revealed some facts that were surprising to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>You know, it is really funny, but as much as we praise the Walking Liberty Half and the Peace Dollar and other issues, they often were reviled in their own time.&nbsp; Even Di Francisci, the designer of the Peace Dollar, denounced the product of the Mint as not his intention for the design.&nbsp; The reverse was the workd of George Morgan, actually, not Di Francisci.</p><p><br /></p><p>When it came out, the Walker was criticized in the pages of The Numismatist because, among other things, it looks as if Liberty&#039;s toes are being burned by the sun.</p><p><br /></p><p>The execution of that coin demonstrated why the Mint did not like outsiders working on projects.&nbsp; If you look at a high grade Walker, you will see that Weinman did not allow for metal flow.&nbsp; Miss Liberty has only a lobster claw for a hand holding the bouquet.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The Walker is an excellent coin.&nbsp; I am not arguing against your opinion.&nbsp; I only point out that what we regard TODAY as beautiful is not what people back then thought.&nbsp; Therefore, I ignore denunciations of the Sacagawea and other modern coins.&nbsp; Let time tell.</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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