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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 633366, member: 6229"]<font size="4">The following two people have two things in common:</font></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="4">JAMES EARLE FRASER</font></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="4">HERMON A. MACNEIL</font></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">What are they?</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">HINT: One thing has to do with U.S.A. coinage and the other involves the Supreme Court Justice Building in Washington D.C.</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Now, I'm sure you recognize those two names:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">James Earle Fraser designed the Buffalo Nickel and Hermon A. MacNeil designed the Standing Liberty Quarter. Both coin designs were modified later producing two varieties (1 and 2). The Nickel in the first year of issue, 1913. The Quarter during the second year of issue, 1917.</font></p><p><font size="4">Here's photos of the Nickels courtesy of coinfacts.com (scroll down to see variety 2):</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/nickels/buffalo_nickels/buffalo_nickels.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/nickels/buffalo_nickels/buffalo_nickels.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/nickels/buffalo_nickels/buffalo_nickels.html</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Here's photos of the Variety 1 Quarter (courtesy coinfacts.com):</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><b><u>Variety 1:</u></b></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/quarter_dollars/standing_liberty_quarters/standing_liberty_quarter_dolla.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/quarter_dollars/standing_liberty_quarters/standing_liberty_quarter_dolla.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/quarter_dollars/standing_liberty_quarters/standing_liberty_quarter_dolla.html</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><u><b><font size="4">Variety 2:</font></b></u></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">(photo courtesy of coinpage.com):</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2911.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2911.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2911.html</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">And now for the second thing they have in common:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">James Earle Fraser sculpted the Statue "Contemplation of Justice" which is at the North side of the entrance to the Supreme Court.</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Take a look:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/photo11.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/photo11.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/photo11.html</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">He also sculpted the "Authority of Law." statue which is at the South side of the entrance to the Supreme Court:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/photo12.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/photo12.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/photo12.html</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Hermon A. MacNeil sculpted the Pediment portion of the building which is shown in this photo (Before you click the link to the photo here's a listing of the images that make up the Pediment):</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">The marble lawgivers represented in the center are Moses, Confucius, and Solon. Below the pediment the inscription reads: "Justice the Guardian of Liberty." </font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/washdc/supremecrt/backangle.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/washdc/supremecrt/backangle.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/washdc/supremecrt/backangle.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Thought you might like to know...</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Clinker </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 633366, member: 6229"][SIZE=4]The following two people have two things in common:[/SIZE] [CENTER][SIZE=4]JAMES EARLE FRASER[/SIZE][/CENTER] [CENTER][SIZE=4]HERMON A. MACNEIL[/SIZE][/CENTER] [SIZE=4]What are they?[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]HINT: One thing has to do with U.S.A. coinage and the other involves the Supreme Court Justice Building in Washington D.C.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Now, I'm sure you recognize those two names:[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]James Earle Fraser designed the Buffalo Nickel and Hermon A. MacNeil designed the Standing Liberty Quarter. Both coin designs were modified later producing two varieties (1 and 2). The Nickel in the first year of issue, 1913. The Quarter during the second year of issue, 1917.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Here's photos of the Nickels courtesy of coinfacts.com (scroll down to see variety 2):[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.coinfacts.com/nickels/buffalo_nickels/buffalo_nickels.html[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Here's photos of the Variety 1 Quarter (courtesy coinfacts.com):[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][U]Variety 1:[/U][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.coinfacts.com/quarter_dollars/standing_liberty_quarters/standing_liberty_quarter_dolla.html[/URL][/SIZE] [U][B][SIZE=4]Variety 2:[/SIZE][/B][/U] [SIZE=4](photo courtesy of coinpage.com):[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2911.html[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]And now for the second thing they have in common:[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]James Earle Fraser sculpted the Statue "Contemplation of Justice" which is at the North side of the entrance to the Supreme Court.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Take a look:[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/photo11.html[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]He also sculpted the "Authority of Law." statue which is at the South side of the entrance to the Supreme Court:[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/photo12.html[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Hermon A. MacNeil sculpted the Pediment portion of the building which is shown in this photo (Before you click the link to the photo here's a listing of the images that make up the Pediment):[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]The marble lawgivers represented in the center are Moses, Confucius, and Solon. Below the pediment the inscription reads: "Justice the Guardian of Liberty." [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL]http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/washdc/supremecrt/backangle.jpg[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Thought you might like to know...[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Clinker [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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