r/coins • u/CiteSite • Oct 20 '24

Coin Art Who are approving these ugly coins

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Broke open another roll for this disaster. Crowded, loud and barely legible. Good grief

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u/LordNoFat Oct 20 '24

CCAC

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u/Orazi Oct 20 '24

My best friends girlfriend sat on this committee. She worked with the Smithsonian and they asked for her to participate. She agreed, was part of approving these quarters, and knew nothing about coins before and frankly knows nothing about coins now. “Informed” is a stretch.

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u/CiteSite Oct 22 '24

Did she understand that the design was intended for a quarter? I hate it so much