The article was promoted by SandyGeorgia 01:03, 6 December 2011 [1].
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I am nominating this for featured article because... I think it meets the criteria. This is the ninth and final article on the Great Coin Redesign of 1907-1921 (there may have to be an additional overall article to gain the Featured Topic designation) The Walking Liberty half dollar. Undoubtedly beautiful, but it caused the Mint a lot of grief for thirty years. This turned out to be one of the articles where an unexpected person runs away with the article, in this case Philadelphia Mint Superintendent Adam M. Joyce, who did not like all the new coins, and they were a terrible pain to produce, but he went to bat to have the new coin struck as close to the artist's conception as possible. I hope you enjoy it. It is a beautiful coin and the "heads" side has graced the American Silver Eagle for the past quarter century. Second nom posted with permission of Ucucha. A special thank you to BrandonBigheart for the beautiful infobox images. Wehwalt ( talk) 00:32, 17 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Source review - spotchecks not done. Nikkimaria ( talk) 23:44, 17 November 2011 (UTC) reply
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Support, one suggestion Nice work. Personally, I'd prefer preoccupied to intensely busy, but no big deal
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Support Can the image of the plaquette of Joyce be moved? Currently it causes an unsightly large gap in the text.-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 01:19, 30 November 2011 (UTC) reply
The article was promoted by SandyGeorgia 01:03, 6 December 2011 [1].
Walking Liberty half dollar ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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I am nominating this for featured article because... I think it meets the criteria. This is the ninth and final article on the Great Coin Redesign of 1907-1921 (there may have to be an additional overall article to gain the Featured Topic designation) The Walking Liberty half dollar. Undoubtedly beautiful, but it caused the Mint a lot of grief for thirty years. This turned out to be one of the articles where an unexpected person runs away with the article, in this case Philadelphia Mint Superintendent Adam M. Joyce, who did not like all the new coins, and they were a terrible pain to produce, but he went to bat to have the new coin struck as close to the artist's conception as possible. I hope you enjoy it. It is a beautiful coin and the "heads" side has graced the American Silver Eagle for the past quarter century. Second nom posted with permission of Ucucha. A special thank you to BrandonBigheart for the beautiful infobox images. Wehwalt ( talk) 00:32, 17 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Source review - spotchecks not done. Nikkimaria ( talk) 23:44, 17 November 2011 (UTC) reply
Support: More comments:
Support, one suggestion Nice work. Personally, I'd prefer preoccupied to intensely busy, but no big deal
Jimfbleak -
talk to me? 19:40, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
reply
Comments –
Image review
Support Can the image of the plaquette of Joyce be moved? Currently it causes an unsightly large gap in the text.-- Sturmvogel 66 ( talk) 01:19, 30 November 2011 (UTC) reply