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I'd have to say the Ike's and SBA's. Never been a big fan of either designs.

 

Jefferson Nickels ... What is 20 Jefferson Nickels? A SBA.

 

You made me laugh.

That's like the proposed Alabama quarter ...... two dimes taped to a nickel. :devil:


I have a question for Lehigh96- How did you post all those Jefferson nickel photos without being caught-up in the five photo limit?

 

If you link a photo sharing site like Photobucket, you can post as many as you want.

 

They are not images uploaded to Cointalk, I use BB code tags and an image URL from photo hosting site (photobucket) and looks like this when typed:



Posting photos this way you can post as many as you want. The only drawback is that if you move or delete your photo from photobucket, you will end up with a box in the thread that says image not available. I think that most people learn how to post photos by either uploading directly or using BB code tags. Whichever way they learn first, they tend to use pretty much exclusively. The only time I upload a photo is when I can't find it on photobucket.

 

Wow. Quite a bombing!
Let's do that again!!!

 

That's too funny! Someone should invent a folder with a bag shaped flap that covers the face but lets you see the rest of the coin.

 

common or not, i like his coins. i guess we'll just have to disagree...

as far as least favorite series... morgan dollars, hands down. ugliest design ever. followed by barber coins, and japanese 5 yen.

 

First, please allow me to say that I do respect your opinion. However, I do find it rather odd that someone stating the design has "absolutely no dynamic sculptural quality" made no mention of denominational differences. If you take the design used on the original Gobrecht dollar, 39 ND half, or even the half in general and compare it to what was used on other denominations, the difference is substantial. Beyond design there is much more to make these types interesting, even for those who believe them lacking in artistic merit.

But don't forget the presidential dollar... it looks as if - at least in a way - history is repeating itself.

 

Well Paul's post very nearly made me say Jefferson nickles, but I would go with Norwegian 19th century 1 Ore coins. Ugly, utilitatian, and used by unscrupulous sellers on Ebay to be able to tout "lots of 1800's coins" on their junkie lot of world coins.

 

I have to agree with oval_man, the Seated Liberty design pretty much sucks on every denomination IMO. The Gobrecht is cool only because of it's rarity and a phenomenal reverse. I find the "potty dollar" interesting if that helps!

 

Thanks, dude... just had to throw the potty in, didn't you? Almost as bad as throwing a "ONE C*NT" at an EAC guy!

I'll happily agree to disagree and to each his own. Unless superb, I find Morgans to be dull, but cannot complain.. bread and butter is bread and butter.

 

Oh come on, you know it is cool and half of the members of this forum don't even know what we are talking about.



I agree about Morgan Dollars, I need them wildly toned or MS67 or better to get my blood flowing. The PL's and DMPL's don't even do much for me.

 

I have always agreed with Morgans doing nothing for me, but get shouted down usually by the "morgans are the most beautiful coin in the world" crowd.

I just think they could have done a lot more with so much space on a coin. For dollars, I think our high point was Gilbert Stuart's design, though I think that could have been better.

As for SL, I like them in high grade and on the half. Its too busy for anything smaller, and not detailed enough for a dollar coin IMO. For a half dollar, and in high grade, its a nice design.

 

In terms of artistic merit, I would have to say that the ugliest in my book are:

1. Morgan Dollar
2. Franklin Half
3. Most all of the state quarters.

BUT, I think the single ugliest coin ever minted by the US Mint is this commemorative:

 

No likee.

 

And now they do!

 

Either the Jefferson Nickel or the rosevelt dime, unless they contain silver.

 

I wanted to respond to your comment a half hour ago but had to wait for Lehigh's nickels to load (twice ). I couldn't agree more about the importance of scale and in fact addressed it briefly in post #70 of this thread—with respect to both the SL and Barber designs. I think the SL design is most successful on the dollar; the forms of Liberty are able to breathe a little and she manages a bit of stature. But shrinking it down to successive mini-me versions was a bad idea.

I know nothing about Gobrecht and what may have inspired his Liberty but I have this funny idea that at some point along the way, maybe through reading or travel, he learned that a triangular composition connotes stability and strength...


Raphael, Madonna of the Meadow

... and became determined to make this work on a coin. Regardless of his inspiration, I give him credit for trying something different for his time. I still think the design is finicky and awkward and just doesn't work that well on the circular format. But it was 1836 and, as you say, there's a lot beyond ("good") design to make these types interesting.

PS: just read in the Red Book that Gobrecht "was ordered ... to prepare a pair of dies based on designs by Thomas Sully and Titian Peale." So praise or blame has to be at least partially directed toward one of these.

A quick search reminds me that Titian Peale was a son of noted American painter Charles Wilson Peale and brother of well-known artist Raphael Peale. Titian, Raphael... sounds like the elder Peale had big ambitions for his sons.