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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coolhandred, post: 2193801, member: 73341&quot;]Here is an assessment of the design from Talisman Coins that I totally agree with:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;In 1897 Oscar Roty began a revolution that soon spread across the globe. With the introduction of his realistic, alluring, full-body portrait of the Sower, France (and eventually most of the world, including the United States) said goodbye to static, staid and idealized profile portraits of monarchs and Liberty. There was a new goddess in town, and she strode confidently forward into a golden age of coin design, the rising sun illuminating her footsteps. The echoes of this revolution in numismatic art reverberate to this day.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Masterpiece of Art Nouveau Design</b></p><p>Known in France as La Semeuse, Oscar Roty&#039;s iconic Sower has been beguiling coin collectors for more than a century! Despite her age she looks better than ever as she sows peace and prosperity for her people. A medalist and grand master of the art nouveau style, Roty designed the fin-de-siècle beauty in 1897, when she sauntered onto several denominations of French coins, including the keystone silver franc.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is widely believed that Roty&#039;s Sower inspired several classic American coin designs, including Augustus Saint-Gauden&#039;s $20 double eagle gold piece; Adolph Weinman&#039;s famous Walking Liberty half dollar (later recycled for the American Eagle silver bullion dollar); and the U.S.-Philippines silver centavos and peso designed by Melicio Figueroa. The Sower appears to this day on French coinage, both circulating euro coins as well as silver and gold proof commemoratives.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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