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Message:: [QUOTE="Owle, post: 1242348, member: 22004"]Since this is about the worst coin designs, not just U.S., it should then go back to the beginning of "coinage", including when stones were used for this purpose. I believe in classical beauty, therefore, women on coins should be beautiful, men should be strong, at least, in features, if not living up to the standards of classical art. It follows, therefore, that coinage that violates these principles is not just badly designed as coin, but also bad art. The topic is too vast to be addressed here.  Paul Fussell's book, "Bad", does a good job of addressing bad culture; giving honor to those who are narcissistic, taudrey, unattractive or vain or fraudulent and symbols that are questionable in terms of traditional standards.  Much of life falls into such a category and hence the coinage too.[/QUOTE]