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<p>[QUOTE="Volante, post: 2952461, member: 57279"]SBA I actually don't think was that bad, as it was at least an accurate portrait of the woman - the artist made a point of not needlessly prettying her up. I also liked the inner side of the rim with the polygonal shape, reminded me of the Pan-Pac octagonal commemorative.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would throw the 2016 Mark Twain commemorative dollar and the 2008 Bald Eagles commemorative half dollar into the mix. The half dollar design makes the unfortunate choice to feature baby birds on the obverse, which are objectively some of the ugliest babies in the animal kingdom, while the reverse features an exceptionally derpy full-grown eagle. The Mark Twain design brings to mind the cover art for some crappy educational computer game from the 90s that you might find in the bargain bin at your local Goodwill.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]721545[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]721547[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Really though, you could put pretty much any original Mint design from the past couple of decades in this list, apart from maybe the <a href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/546021" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/546021" rel="nofollow">2015 $100 high relief gold coin</a>. The 2017 black Lady Liberty also gets way more criticism than it deserves (mostly dog-whistle), as it's honestly not that bad of a design apart from the oversized stars and has one of the best eagle reverse designs in recent years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Volante, post: 2952461, member: 57279"]SBA I actually don't think was that bad, as it was at least an accurate portrait of the woman - the artist made a point of not needlessly prettying her up. I also liked the inner side of the rim with the polygonal shape, reminded me of the Pan-Pac octagonal commemorative. I would throw the 2016 Mark Twain commemorative dollar and the 2008 Bald Eagles commemorative half dollar into the mix. The half dollar design makes the unfortunate choice to feature baby birds on the obverse, which are objectively some of the ugliest babies in the animal kingdom, while the reverse features an exceptionally derpy full-grown eagle. The Mark Twain design brings to mind the cover art for some crappy educational computer game from the 90s that you might find in the bargain bin at your local Goodwill. [ATTACH=full]721545[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]721547[/ATTACH] Really though, you could put pretty much any original Mint design from the past couple of decades in this list, apart from maybe the [URL='http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/546021']2015 $100 high relief gold coin[/URL]. The 2017 black Lady Liberty also gets way more criticism than it deserves (mostly dog-whistle), as it's honestly not that bad of a design apart from the oversized stars and has one of the best eagle reverse designs in recent years.[/QUOTE]
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