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Old October 14th 08, 06:46 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Default Princess Di or the Great Gazoo? You decide...

On Oct 14, 12:31*pm, "note.boy" wrote:
"mazorj" wrote in message

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She looks like Lou Costello with JFK hair.


I don't know what's happened to the art of sculpting portraits on coins,
but too many recent issues are cartoonish. *People who ought to look
distinguished come out looking like they turned the job over to someone
who's last commission was a cereal-box token for Elmer Fudd.


Very true, even the Royal Mint portraits have gone down the tubes. *Billy


I'm not certain that the Royal Mint doesn't have a problem with the
people who operate/manioulate the coin presses more than the die work
itself. The newest sovereigns and half sovereigns don't always strike
well, yet those designs have been in existence a long time.

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