MacNeil quarter design - correcting post ats 0

[RWB]

On another message board member 1630Boston stated in a post titled “Hermon Atkins MacNeil - Standing Liberty Quarter Dollar of 1916” that: “MacNeal [sic] designed the Standing Liberty Quarter Dollar of 1916. His design won in a competition with over 50 artists.”

The second sentence is incorrect. There was no design competition. Three sculptors, Adolph Weinman, Hermon MacNeil and Albin Polasek were chosen to prepare designs suitable for the dime, quarter and half dollar. None of the artists were to prepare a design for any specific denomination.

Polasek’s designs were rejected, and it fell to Weinman and MacNeil to prepare the new coinage. Weinman had already been awarded both dime and half dollar (both sides), plus one side of the quarter. The Commission of Fine Arts ‘insisted’ that MacNeil be given the quarter (both sides) as sort of a consolation prize.

See Renaissance of American Coinage 1916-1921 for the complete story and details.

Edited March 22, 2021 by RWB

[Rollo Tomassi]

New info to me.   Like that.    

[RWB]

45 minutes ago, Rollo Tomassi said:

New info to me.   Like that.    

The book is almost entirely new information...and still fresh after 15 years. It is also out of print, so you'll have to borrow a copy under Interlibrary Loan (ILL) or find a used one.

[RWB]

Interesting that the OP ATS, or others, made no attempt to correct the original misinformation. This is just one reason why internet coin misinformation is so screwed up.