I have to disagree.... I think the SL quarter design is one of the most interesting designs out there! That being said, I'll buy ANY one of these I can find for my budget because I like 'em!
I agree. It is a classic depiction of the era. Remember - people on this thread were whining about the Barber coins - this was the replacement. And I LOVE that reverse - eagle in flight (a rare idea at the time, aside from the FE cent), and I like that art deco or art nouveau lettering. Liberty with her shield - went well with WWI that was breaking out when the coin was issued.
Well typically the side with the main portrait is considered the obverse, but things can get confusing when there's a portrait on both sides, lol. Case in point, many of the classic commemoratives minted in the US it's not always clear which side is the obverse and which is the reverse, and many have differing opinions on which is which. In the case of most British Commonwealth coins the side that has the portrait of the monarch is considered the obverse, any design on the other side the reverse. Since all British coins in a given year are pretty much going to have the same obverse (vast majority of the time, anyway), usually in pictures only the reverse is displayed unless the obverse is needed for grading purposes. If it's just an example to show what it looks like, it's not really necessary to see the obverse as it is usually obvious what it will look like if the year is known, as is the case for the Churchill crown (1965).
Okay folks, dig out your red books and flip to the early commemoratives. 1935 Connecticut Tercentenary and the 1936 Bridgeport, Connecticut, Centennial. The designer of both of these coins would have been better off working at an auto factory detailing hood ornaments
Everything I've read just describes it as a "wall with 13 stars". I thought there would be more meaning behind the design than that, as, what does the wall represent? Does anyone have any idea or does it just serve as a background for the 13 stars.
