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Well said, Chadwick!  |
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I have no problem with presidents on the coins. I dont buy into that its like when they had kings on them bunk. Honor those that have made this country the great place it is. I went with changing the dime mainly because I think there should be one coin with a Liberty design at all times. And I dont think the statue on the dollar coins counts.
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I like the idea of a Lady Liberty! I also like the Mercury dime idea too!  |
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I have no problem with presidents on the coins. I dont buy into that its like when they had kings on them bunk. Honor those that have made this country the great place it is. I definitely do not equate our presidents to the monarchs of old. My real issue is political. Not my politics specifically, but the politics of replacing one president with another. There are certainly more worthy presidents than the five currently depicted on our circulating coins (well, four if you consider that the half dollar is no longer minted for circulation). As a youth, I was upset when Eisenhower was removed from the Dollar. Of course I look back now and I am happy since that is a complete series with a definite end. My Eisenhower dollar Dansco Album is complete.  I also have end points for my Washington quarter (1998), Jefferson nickel (2003), and Lincoln Cent (2008) albums. It is my Roosevelt dime and Kennedy half dollar sets that seemingly have no end! It is for this reason alone that I want the dime (and half dollar) to change. It does not matter if they only modified the Roosevelt portrait (like Jefferson) or changed the reverse (like Washington and Lincoln) because it would give me a break point for that series. |
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Though I have no information bearing this specifically.....since they "Congress" have completely overhauled EVERYTHING to do with our paper notes and most of our coinage, I would find it hard to believe that they are NOT planning on a "dime change". I only voted "no" because I have a feeling that they would do more harm than good with any "change" to the dime. We ARE talking about the same Congress that has done everything else here right ? .........yeah....like I said. I do like the Shield Cent.......and a few of the other changes to some of our coins, to be honest, but I just think they WOULD do some kind of silly "Commemorative" editions of the dime....or "something" to anger collectors. I just KNOW they would ! So.....until I see a specific plan and some detailed drawings of the choices......my vote is a "no". I would change that vote in a heartbeat, if the plans of the change were surprisingly good ones though ! ..... But I can't blindly vote "yes" until then ! ...  |
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Give me LIBERTY, or give me death!  , just as long as it refers to coins. |
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***Political comment removed. Let's stick to the coins!***
I don't want to see another corrupt president either.
I would like to see Lady Liberty.
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Modern Mercury would be cool!
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Pillar of the Community
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Lady Liberty with Justice Scales that would do it for me, tight yes, maybe on a larger coin. I'd also like to see a sword, justice scale, and Shield. or a sword on one scale and shield on the other with fig as the pointer
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I agree. Change the dime. I'd like to see a screen shot of a famous scene in American history. How about something that inspired our national anthem?
-- Boris
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United States
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It's not a very attractive coin. Well,the obverse anyways.I like the reverse; the torch always looks nice every time I see it. But are they really going to change the design or is this just opinion?
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I think they should put either polk or mckinley on the the dime and have a image on the reverse that symbolizes the expansion of the United States, for example an eagles wings across the pacific for McKinley or an eagle with wings streched across the USA for Polk
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i voted yes, but new design needs to be better than the old. someone mentioned mercury.
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I want a little more relief. The relief on these new coins are so shallow that they almost look like etchings. Compare any coin from the 60's and compare the relief to a new coin. That deep relief is where a lot of the beauty jumps out of the coin for me.
You will never see circulating business strike designs with strong relief again. It is because of the modern high speed Schuler horizontal presses that can strike up to 850 coins/minute. Low relief enables high speed coin production and is gentler on the dies while coins with a higher relief shorten die life and must be struck more slowly. It is not just US coins either. Look at all of the circulating Euro designs- just as flat or even flatter than US designs. |
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Good explanation biokemist! I would agree with the desire for more relief; do they really need to punch out these coins at that rate? It seems like we produce more coins than we need now, with such wide-spread use of credit and debit cards in everyday life. I guess it's all about reducing costs, as you say...
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