Best eagle on coins

Bean

Jr. Member
Aug 3, 2008
34
0
Georgia
Which U.S. coin do you think has the best depiction of the bald eagle?
Also which one has the worst?

I think the Walking liberty half dollar reverse is the best there is. Hands down.
The Indian head gold eagles (quarter, and halfs) of 1908-1929 is really nice too.

For some reason I never liked the eagle on the reverse of the Morgan dollar. It looks more like a hawk than an eagle.
But thats just my opinion. What do you think?

Bean
 

cosmic

Hero Member
Dec 31, 2006
882
50
Watseka, Illinois
Detector(s) used
Nokta Fors Core, X pointer, Sunrays
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
my favorite...
 

Attachments

  • bbba_1.jpg
    bbba_1.jpg
    42 KB · Views: 343

twistidd

Bronze Member
Nov 11, 2007
1,789
3
Chicago
Detector(s) used
White's Matrix M6 w/ Sun-Ray DX-1, 950 coil and 6x10 DD, Minelab Excalibur II, Garrett Ace 250, Garmin Etrex GPS
To me, the best eagle design in on the reverse of the good old Washington quarter (1932-1999).

Worst...though I like them all, it's gotta be the Kennedy half.

Joe
 

ClonedSIM

Silver Member
Jul 28, 2005
3,808
24
New Mexico
Detector(s) used
White's XLT
The worst eagle on any US coin has to be the puny little thing on the back of Franklin halves....
 

Yeasty

Full Member
Oct 22, 2007
178
23
DELAWARE
Detector(s) used
CTX 3030, CTX-17, CTX-6, E-Trac, Explorer SE , Sun Ray X-1 probes, FBS 800, WOT, Garrett Pro-Pointer and modified David Clark headphones
I like the eagles on the Seated Liberty coins. This one is from my collection.
 

Attachments

  • 25C1854.JPG
    25C1854.JPG
    52.3 KB · Views: 216

joecoin

Full Member
Aug 22, 2007
191
16
milan ohio
Detector(s) used
Minelab Sov, Garrett Antique
The scrawny Eagle on the early gold pieces:
 

Attachments

  • 1795_eagle_rev.jpg
    1795_eagle_rev.jpg
    27.6 KB · Views: 192

joecoin

Full Member
Aug 22, 2007
191
16
milan ohio
Detector(s) used
Minelab Sov, Garrett Antique
I like this one also:
 

Attachments

  • gobrecht_dollar_1839_rev.jpg
    gobrecht_dollar_1839_rev.jpg
    32.4 KB · Views: 187
OP
OP
Bean

Bean

Jr. Member
Aug 3, 2008
34
0
Georgia
This one is great too..... 1994 p.o.w. museum dollar
 

Attachments

  • eagle.jpg
    eagle.jpg
    48.4 KB · Views: 207

Yeasty

Full Member
Oct 22, 2007
178
23
DELAWARE
Detector(s) used
CTX 3030, CTX-17, CTX-6, E-Trac, Explorer SE , Sun Ray X-1 probes, FBS 800, WOT, Garrett Pro-Pointer and modified David Clark headphones
That's a beautiful eagle.
 

Yeasty

Full Member
Oct 22, 2007
178
23
DELAWARE
Detector(s) used
CTX 3030, CTX-17, CTX-6, E-Trac, Explorer SE , Sun Ray X-1 probes, FBS 800, WOT, Garrett Pro-Pointer and modified David Clark headphones
For me that trumps anything I've seen yet.
 

Top Member Reactions

Users who are viewing this thread

Top