Riddle me this...

[EVillageProwler]

I am the fullness of my design. Who am I?

 

(Yes, this is coin-related.)

 

EVP

 

[Hoot]

Liberty

 

Hoot

[EVillageProwler]

Nope.

 

EVP

 

[Guest]

Bust Type ?

[Tradedollarnut]

Lincoln?

[EVillageProwler]

Nope. The answer will be apparent if you think of it.

 

I will give a big hint: I got the idea for this riddle from a thread somewhere on this message board.

 

 

EVP

 

[Guest]

eye appeal ?

[EVillageProwler]

Nope. The question is ``who am I?''

 

EVP

 

[Guest]

Right , but I am the Fullness , and Eye Appeal ( I Appeal )

[Nysoto]

I am Anne Bingham, wealthy socialite, buxom beauty, and friend of Thomas Jefferson, who modeled for the draped bust design.

[EVillageProwler]

Nysoto,

 

No, but I like your answer and can see why you gave it. But, I think you'll like my answer better. It's more of a riddle than a mere numismatic trivia question...

 

Think of all those riddle from the Riddler to Batman...

 

 

EVP

 

[Hoot]

Monticello.

 

Full steps baby! (Austin Powersesque).

 

Hoot

[EVillageProwler]

Mark,

 

WHO am I?? (Not, WHAT am I?)

 

My God, man, you are so close!!!

 

EVP

 

[Hoot]

Okay, now I'm likely to go WAY off track! I would now say Jefferson. He is the designer of Monticello. The fullness of Jefferson's portrait on the nickel has a lot to do with the reverse design.

 

Okay, now I quit.

 

Hoot

[EVillageProwler]

The answer is FS.

 

EVP

 

[Hoot]

Okay, I thought of Felix Schlag and the FS connection, but I thought that was even farther off the track than my last answer! I'm simply no good at this stuff!

 

Good riddle EVP!

 

Hoot

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Help me here, I don;t get it...?

[MarkFeld]

EVP,

 

I offer the following possibilities (in denominational order, of course), though I have little confidence that any of them are correct:

 

1) Ms. Liberty of the "apple cheek" variety for the Liberty Cap cent - she sure has something in her mouth/cheek and should be full, whether she actually is or not.

 

2) Ms. Liberty's head (or breast) on a Standing Liberty quarter?

 

3) Governor Bradford on the Pilgrim commem? - maybe he's not full but the Pilgrims would have been after their Thanksgiving feasts.

[C.Urch]

Dolly Madison Modern Commem. of course!!!

[coppercoins-migration]

Just a guess, but the designer's initials of the Jefferson nickel is Felix Schlag, hence the "FS" on Jefferson's shoulder. At the same time, a complete, full strike is called a "full step" or FS nickel.

 

So it's possible to have a FS nickel designed by FS. "I am the fullness of my design". That's what I think the solution to the riddle is.

 

 

[EVillageProwler]

Yup.

 

EVP

 

[prooflike]

Oh.