Art Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Banivechi's 2 Riyals 1969 Yemen An oddly beautiful coin from what is now a failed state JTryka's 2009 USA $20 The 2009 Ultra High Relief Saint-Gaudens double eagle is very similar to the original which was a pattern in 1907, but rather than the normal $20 planchet, it was reduced and struck on 2 $10 planchets stacked on top of each other. The modern rendition has the same diameter to bring up the ultra high relief as Saint-Gaudens indended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 I'm a homer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Who would have thought, "An oddly beautiful coin from what is now a failed state" is beating the very best design ever offered by what will surely become a group of 50 failed states... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Yow. That terrific lion showed up and I couldn't think of anything to beat it... until I scrolled down a little. This was still a hard call! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Yeah Man! So that's where Unknown's avatar comes from (or came from, if he's changed it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdrv Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Another difficult choice. Certainly not a failed coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBobo Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Had to go with the 2009 Saint, it's the best realization of the best American coin design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBobo Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 ack, double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 SAINT SAINT SAINT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 St. Gaudens without doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Winner for 8B 2 Riyals 1969 Yemen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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