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Message:: [QUOTE="900fine, post: 321539, member: 6036"]Here's what's interesting about this thread - it shows how times have changed. We look back and see different denominations with the same design, and we're amazed - because these days different denominations have different designs. But it hasn't always been that way. In fact, varying designs are the exception, not the rule ! For the majority of America's history, a single design was featured on multiple denominations. It was that way from the beginning. 1793 - 1795 Flowing Hair was everything. While there was some variance amongst the copper, all silver of 1794 and 1795 sported identical design -from the lowly half dime all the way up to the silver dollar. All the gold showed identical Turban Capped Bust designs. Then the Draped Bust took the stage in 1796 - and again, all the coins from half cent all the way up to the dollar marched in step, while the gold coins mimicked each other. And so it went, through the Capped Bust era, the Seated Liberty era, and the Coronet Gold era. All coins of the same metal tended to have the same design. Yes, there were some exceptions - Silver Morgan dollars are unlike silver Barbers - but there were three identical Barber denominations ! Only in the twentieth century did we consistently have a single design dedicated to a single denomination.[/QUOTE]