Coins

[darklinensuit]

I'm not a collector. I'm talking about your typical everday coins.

If they introduce a new coin, what person/animal/symbol would you put on it?

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Of course, on the Arizona coin, Stevie standing in front of a cactus doing her GDW black-widow fingers For New Jersey there should have been some guy giving the finger

[macmar71]

I love cute animals so I would be in favor of coins with cats on them =^..^= as well as other critters.

[DownOnRodeo]

I have a little display in my room called 'The World's Most Useless Currency' exhibit.
Australian 5 cents... Japanese 1 yen (<-- 1 yen! It's ridiculous!).... and some washer I found which is basically a small metal circle with a hole in it, which I thought would make an amusing addition to the display.

Seriously, does anybody bother to pick up the smallest denomination if it falls. I often do, but because of a 'whoops, musn't litter' mentality.

[misterbug]

i don't like all the cheesy state-specific imagery on the new quarters. i actually preferred the federal eagle motif which had been in use for a long time.

i think they could have spent our $$ on better things than designing 50 new coins, and then cutting 50 new sets of dies to strike them. and if a redesign was necessary, i think they should have "gone retro" and reintroduced some of the designs from the 19th century. (i'm not a coin collector, i just like those designs better).

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

Of course, on the Arizona coin, Stevie standing in front of a cactus doing her GDW black-widow fingers For New Jersey there should have been some guy giving the finger

From a turnpike car window.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by macmar71

I love cute animals so I would be in favor of coins with cats on them =^..^= as well as other critters.

Fine with me as long as the dog coins are worth more.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo

I have a little display in my room called 'The World's Most Useless Currency' exhibit.
Australian 5 cents... Japanese 1 yen (<-- 1 yen! It's ridiculous!).... and some washer I found which is basically a small metal circle with a hole in it, which I thought would make an amusing addition to the display.

Seriously, does anybody bother to pick up the smallest denomination if it falls. I often do, but because of a 'whoops, musn't litter' mentality.

I know what you mean. And I'm convinced that America will convert to the metric system before we get rid of pennies. Talk talk talk.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by misterbug

i think they could have spent our $$ on better things than designing 50 new coins, and then cutting 50 new sets of dies to strike them. and if a redesign was necessary, i think they should have "gone retro" and reintroduced some of the designs from the 19th century. (i'm not a coin collector, i just like those designs better).

I don't know. The way society is going, they'd probably turn the blindfolded justice lady into something kinky.

- Jake

[macmar71]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

Fine with me as long as the dog coins are worth more.

- Jake

I guess that is an idea~ dogs, then cats and then the real little critters like mice and hamsters.

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by macmar71

I guess that is an idea~ dogs, then cats and then the real little critters like mice and hamsters.

Sorry, in my book the little critters would be worth more than the kitties.

- Jake

[Siri Ruane]

My face.

[Mari]

I want coins that look like the old Dutch guilders. I want them back
I'm still not used to the *Kut*euros.

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by Siri Ruane

My face.

And how much would that coin be worth, in your mind?

- Jake