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Message:: [QUOTE="oval_man, post: 1514830, member: 22602"]Perfect example of why contemporary coinage is so awful. The reverse has no visual relationship to the obverse (aside from the minor echo of the "clover/shield" shape). They are incongruent styles, seemingly from different decades (cheesy 70s for the portrait and cheesy 90s for the reverse design). The date and motto on the obverse aren't integrated into the design, just "stuck on" wherever  there happens to be "empty space." (There is no such thing as "empty space" in a well-designed coin; there is "negative space" which allows the eye to rest.) Ditto with the reverse denomination and text. The reason contemporary coinage is so bad is because artists don't design it; 3rd rate art-hobbyists do.[/QUOTE]