Bill, I always like the way the eyes on your carvings look so natural as if they have soul and they are alive. BRUCE.:bow:
Man, the last one was great but I have to say this is the best one I have seen to date! What great work!
I guess this answers my question from the other post, lol do you ever drop them into cerculation. In fact, im willing to bet i=ft you dropoed enough of your work pocket change. youd start hearing about it from random people. End up of Oprah of Howard Stern. lol
That looks more like Jefferson than the current portrait. What happened to the 25 year limit on designs. It is time to resign the penny, nickle dime and quarter. The article in Coinworld I read a few weeks back made it seem that removing FDR from the dime anytime in the future would be sacriligious. My guess is that their are still to many Roservelt appointees still in the Department. Ruben
Aw, c'mon now - Don't tell me you really think there are government employees, especially at the "appointee" level, who have been around more than 61 years. For the Senate to have confirmed them, they would have had to be appointed several months before FDR's death on April 12, 1945. BTW - there has never been a "25 year limit" on designs. That's only supposed to be the minimum time between design changes.
It seems to me that coins routinely came up for cycles of redesign until the Jefferson Nickle. As for those appointments, hey YOU read that article on the proposed resign of the Roservelt dime and give me a better explanation for the bizzarre response from the bureaucrats. They all but worship Franklin Delanor Roosevelt. My bet is that until the Depression appointees die, you'll never see a Regan dime Ruben
It isn't so much Roosevelt appointees as it is senior citizens that grew up and still have personal memories of Roosevelt, the era, how he was THE President during the depression and the second world war etc. (Or if they aren't old enough for personal memories they have all the stories from their parents.) It has resulted in almost two generations of people that had elevated him up on a pedestal as a form of hero worship. these people are rapidly dying off now but there will have to be considerably more go before there will be a chance of removing Roosevelt without a lot of moaning and wailing. (And remember, to a large extent it is the older citizens that do the voting.)
Ruben: First, there is NO 25 year limit on designs, there is a minimum of 25 years before a design may be changes, without congressional approval. That is why Congress had to approve the JFK half dollar in 1964, since Franklin had only been there from 1948 to 1963, or 16 years. Second, if there are still appointees from the Roosevelt administration, I would like to meet them, since they have been working there for 61 years (at least) and if they got their job at 18 years old, they'd be at least 79 years today and still making policy! Unless you mean Teddy Roosevelt, who became President in 1901, then I'd REALLY like to meet his appointees (just kidding, I do know who is on the dime).
Ruben: If you have a bone to pick how about the Lincoln cent: 1909 (obverse) is 98 years old. The reverse is 48 years old. Sure it is supposed to be redesigned in 2009, for the centennial of it's issuance, but it'll still have Lincoln! (The Illinois congressmen are too strong for that to ever change). The Jefferson nickel: 69 years old, yes, I know about the redesign, but still, it is still Jefferson. And The Virginia congressmen are too strong, since they get a lot of tourist revenue from people viviting Monticello. The JFK half: 43 years (and it seems like yesterday!) The Sacagawea dollar, well, just too long.
Thanks Bill another great carving!! I always thought it was "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"
