They were not working with oil on canvas here but metal!


Susan Bailey
Co author
The Twain Shall Meet
<http://www.amazon.com/Twain-Shall-Meet-Granddaughter-Gabrilowitsch/dp/1499799497/ref=sr_1_1/191-7847938-3534132?ie=UTF8&qid=1415889321&sr=8-1&keywords=the+twain+shall+meet+susan+bailey>
Twain Page <https://www.facebook.com/marktwainsgranddaughter>
www.marktwainonline.com
Greenville, SC

On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Peter Salwen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Aahh, those coins, at last. Fully up to (extremely low) expectations.
> Hideous portraits that seem to have employed a very poor (if rugged) Twain
> impersonator as the model, with the silver coin showing this compulsive
> *cigar* smoker with a *pipe* (more artistic," I guess).
>
> And, of course, the motto "IN GOD WE  TRUST" in great big letters. Anybody
> here remember what Twain had to say about that motto? From the notebooks:
>
> "It is simple, direct, gracefully phrased; it always sounds well -- In God
> We Trust. I don=C2=B4t believe it would sound any better if it were true."
>
>
> And,
>
>
> "The motto stated a lie. If this nation has ever trusted in God, that time
> has gone by; for nearly half a century almost its entire trust has been in
> the Republican party and the dollar -- mainly the dollar."
>
>
> Just musing . . . .
> *_________________________________*
>
> *Peter Salwen /* salwen.com
> *114 W 86, NYC 10024 | 917-620-5371*
>