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RE: Pocket Change Peculiarities: Fine Silver Ounces
I like the U.S. Silver Eagle the best, for reasons obvious to some of my followers...
I like the U.S. Silver Eagle the best, for reasons obvious to some of my followers...
I like the obverse design on the Silver Eagle, but I am not a fan of the nationalist insignia on the reverse. That just seems schizophrenic. Liberty, except backed by government, which fundamentally operates through trespass against liberty. I feel similarly about the "Mercury" dime with the fasces on the reverse, and would actually prefer something more like the reverse of the current FDR dime. I dislike the deification of dead presidents on coinage.
I think the Philharmonic is a much more beautiful coin in concept and execution overall with the choice to celebrate culture and art.
To be honest, I didn’t start out liking the Reverse Side of the Silver Eagle... That slowed me down from Collecting them... I do have the first year in the Series, because it was a Gift from my Mother... I have many now, because I was a Stacking Fool for many years...