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Which US coin -circulating, pattern, or commemorative - has two suns on it?

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RWB

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e1cnr is correct. Bill was right, but then added that there were only solar rays on the obverse.

 

There is a sun on the obverse to the right of the capitol; then the obvious one on the reverse.

 

David Lange's was the most fun...perhaps he's getting into top pun form in preparation for a week in Baltimore.

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MarkFeld

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e1cnr is correct. Bill was right, but then added that there were only solar rays on the obverse.

 

There is a sun on the obverse to the right of the capitol; then the obvious one on the reverse.

 

David Lange's was the most fun...perhaps he's getting into top pun form in preparation for a week in Baltimore.

 

Since Bill was "right", it was incorrect and misleading to write "No correct answers yet". I feel cheated.

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Bill was correct until he extended his answer to make it incorrect....But I'll send you a consolation prize --- a ticket to this year's World Series game 6 between Washington and Baltimore .... Fantasy baseball.

 

Curiously, the sun is rising on both sides of the DE. If it were made 'medal-turn' it might even be called the same sun....or Panasonic...?

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Bill was correct until he extended his answer to make it incorrect....But I'll send you a consolation prize --- a ticket to this year's World Series game 6 between Washington and Baltimore .... Fantasy baseball.

 

Curiously, the sun is rising on both sides of the DE. If it were made 'medal-turn' it might even be called the same sun....or Panasonic...?

 

He made a guess, which was correct, even if HE incorrectly thought he was wrong (because he thought only the rays were showing). But his guess was his guess, which was correct.

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RWB

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The bullion pieces were not made from the original models -- or even from a nice proof coin of the design.

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The bullion pieces were not made from the original models -- or even from a nice proof coin of the design.

 

The original struck coins from the early 20th century also exhibit this somewhat odd foreshortening of Liberty's right arm. When a zoomed view is taken out of context of the overall design, it does look mighty odd.

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Yep....shows that a design model cannot be reduced (or enlarged) too much before perspective has to be adjusted. (Maybe Miss Liberty had to build some muscle to lift those little bullion tokens...?)

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e1cnr is correct. Bill was right, but then added that there were only solar rays on the obverse.

 

There is a sun on the obverse to the right of the capitol; then the obvious one on the reverse.

 

David Lange's was the most fun...perhaps he's getting into top pun form in preparation for a week in Baltimore.

 

Since Bill was "right", it was incorrect and misleading to write "No correct answers yet". I feel cheated.

 

Yeah!!!!!!

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I'm gonna call on my own comment pedantic...

 

But couldn't you say that every star design is a sun?

 

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BTW, if you've never seen this video, the size of some stars will blow your mind:

 

Watched the short video. It's mind boggling to think about those ratios. Very cool!

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