ikaros Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Ugly Coin Competition 2014 Ugly By Design I'm Not Bad, I'm Just Engraved That Way 1971 and After Art's 1981 UK Diana and Charles Crown A bad portrait. When found in pristine condition the coin is acceptably attractive but one an amount of use begins the portraits begin to take on far less attractive characteristics. The way the portraits are positioned is quite unattractive to start with. Don't like Charles looking into Diana's ear and all that. vs ikaros' 2009D US Nickel The US Mint, in their "wisdom", dispensed with the dignified if slightly dull Felix Schlag design and the really, really nice "peekaboo" obverse from the Westward Ho series, in order to give us Nancy Kulp as Thomas Jefferson. And of course, like all other current American coins, it has all the depth and sculpting of a washer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Don't like the nickle but really don't like the Dianna/Charles portrait thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie582 Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 I agree. Send the designer back to school! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted May 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Yaknow, the Machin engraving of Her Majesty looks younger than the engraving of her son... but at least none of them look like a character from the Beverly Hillbillies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted May 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 The "winners" are: Art's 1981 UK Diana and Charles Crown A bad portrait. When found in pristine condition the coin is acceptably attractive but one an amount of use begins the portraits begin to take on far less attractive characteristics. The way the portraits are positioned is quite unattractive to start with. Don't like Charles looking into Diana's ear and all that. and ikaros' 2009D US Nickel The US Mint, in their "wisdom", dispensed with the dignified if slightly dull Felix Schlag design and the really, really nice "peekaboo" obverse from the Westward Ho series, in order to give us Nancy Kulp as Thomas Jefferson. And of course, like all other current American coins, it has all the depth and sculpting of a washer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Congrats to both "winners". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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