The models initially submitted by Sinnock showed a bust of Roosevelt on the obverse and , on the reverse , a hand grasping a torch , and also clutching sprigs of olive and oak . Sinnock had prepared several other sketches for the reverse , including one flanking the torch with scrolls inscribed with the Four Freedoms . Other drafts showed representations of the goddess Liberty , and one commemorated the United Nations Conference of 1945 , displaying the War Memorial Opera House where it took place . Numismatist David Lange described most of the alternative designs as " weak " . The models were sent on October 12 by Howard to Gilmore Clarke , chairman of the commission , who consulted with its members and responded on the 22nd , rejecting them , stating that " the head of the late President Roosevelt , as portrayed by the models , is not good . It needs more dignity . " Sinnock had submitted an alternative reverse design similar to the eventual coin , with the hand omitted and the sprigs placed on either side of the torch ; Clarke preferred this
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