Liberty

[texasrichard]

 

Look at the size of this bronze....

[jesbroken]

That is somewhat unique, Richard. At least I have never seen the pair together.

Great collectible!

Jim

 

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[TomB]

Has the bridge of Ms. Liberty's nose been polished off on the white metal piece?

[harvey8542]

AWESOME

[texasrichard]

Has the bridge of Ms. Liberty's nose been polished off on the white metal piece?

 

No but I see what you mean. I think its a contrast issue. Look at the second obv pic and you can see that area better.

 

I actually had a lot of trouble trying to shoot a picture of the aluminum piece.

[SkyMan]

TR, that is a FUN pair to have! (thumbs u

[EZ_E]

Aluminum was extremely scarce and very expensive in 1892. It was quite the novelty item long before recyclable soda cans.

 

And, yeah, me too. The first thing that I noticed was that Miss Liberty's glabella was missing.

p.s. The glabella is the little indentation where the nose meets the forehead. Bet you didn't know that. :þ I learned it in x-ray school 16 years ago and this is the first time that I have used it since.

 

 

[EZ_E]

I also find it interesting that the design on the bronze is much higher quality than the aluminum piece. They are made from entirely different casts. I wonder why. Do you know? Seems like a waste of resources not to just resize the original bronze die.

[Lem]

I have to agree with you EZ-E, there is a lot more detail on the bronze not to mention placement of details, it's obvious they where made from different casts. I like them both, nice!

[JCM-Houston]

Those are lovely Texasrichard.

[rrantique]

Beautiful TR and that bronze is a Whopper. (thumbs u