Poll: Should The Dime Be Redesigned?

I like the shield design. What I do not like is the low relief, but that could be said for all of the Zincolns made in the last twenty years or so.

The Glen A. Larson series... Cylons, ambuquads, and Knight Rider!

While I agree that the classic coin designs are much more attractive and artistically valid than our current designs, I don't think we should simply recycle old designs. To me, it's a rip-off. Plus, some of the designs were a product of their times and would be inappopriate. For example, the Peace dollar commemorated the end of WWI, so it doesn't make much sense to use it again.

What the mint really needs to do is to hire some top-notch artists and sculptors to create some new, unique designs that both honor our country and have an artistic merit all their own. The last good new designs we had, I think, were the bicentennial quarter and dollar reverses.

nope leave it as it is some things do not need changing and the dime is definitely one of them

I agree, but would add to that the Kennedy half.

Each coin should be totally redesigned every 6 years, front and back.

Start with a new cent next year, then a new nickel the year after, etc.

Correct. Look at all the other junk in your change.

In another thread I suggested that the obverse of all 6 coins be a representation of Lady Liberty with the reverse being a different symbol of Liberty or the nation, such as the Liberty Bell, flag, US Capitol etc. The reverse designs can rotate through the coins like a volleyball team so that they get repeated every 6th year on a denomination.

Add to that the elimination of value names like "Dime", Quarter Dollar" etc. and have the actual value in cents shown (10 Cents, 25 Cents...) instead.

This would at once provide a continuity as well as variety in designs over the years, not only for the dime but for other coins as well. It also eliminates the politics from coin designs, which will rear its ugly head with any real person depicted, Reagen, Roosevelt or otherwise.