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* >