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<p>[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 177439, member: 4381"]You might like then, but my point is, being that Susan B Anthony is a women, her attractiveness becomes a major issue. She was an important historical figure in her own right. Personally I don't believe she was important enough to be minted on a coin. But putting that aside, assuming she was important enough to be minted on a coin, her looks are irrelevent, just as they are for Churchill, Lincoln and Washington. And IMO nothing is more ugly than the current Jefferson Nickle. </p><p><br /></p><p>Was the art down with dignaty and have an asthetic message? I leave that up to you to decide, but just because Anthony was not a looker like Mundy, is no reason to dislike the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW - I'm in the camp that wants to just end the portraits, at least such as they are. I'd like to see Iwo Jima on the Half, the Shuttle on the Quater, the Jackson Hole arch on the dime and The Twin Towers on the nickle.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ruben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 177439, member: 4381"]You might like then, but my point is, being that Susan B Anthony is a women, her attractiveness becomes a major issue. She was an important historical figure in her own right. Personally I don't believe she was important enough to be minted on a coin. But putting that aside, assuming she was important enough to be minted on a coin, her looks are irrelevent, just as they are for Churchill, Lincoln and Washington. And IMO nothing is more ugly than the current Jefferson Nickle. Was the art down with dignaty and have an asthetic message? I leave that up to you to decide, but just because Anthony was not a looker like Mundy, is no reason to dislike the coin. BTW - I'm in the camp that wants to just end the portraits, at least such as they are. I'd like to see Iwo Jima on the Half, the Shuttle on the Quater, the Jackson Hole arch on the dime and The Twin Towers on the nickle. Ruben[/QUOTE]
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