What Obsolete Coin Would You Bring Back

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  1. okbustchaser

    okbustchaser I may be old but I still appreciate a pretty bust Supporter

    No would be correct.
     
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  3. Ag76

    Ag76 Coins 'n' history

    What don't you like from that period?
     
  4. Sholom

    Sholom retired...

    Anything that’s post Barber and pre-what-we-have-now. In particular: Indian Head Cents. Mercury Dimes. Walking Liberty Halves (except that nobody uses halves anymore).
     
  5. masterswimmer

    masterswimmer A Caretaker, can't take it with me

  6. okbustchaser

    okbustchaser I may be old but I still appreciate a pretty bust Supporter

    Just as I said before, NONE of them (or any other previous design) should be brought back. They served their time faithfully.

    Try hiring a competent artist and bring out NEW designs that rival the past.

    But to answer your question no, I don't particularly care for Lincoln cents, buffalo nickels, peace dollars, or any of the gold designs although the nickles and dollars are improvements on the designs they replaced.
     
  7. Ag76

    Ag76 Coins 'n' history

    I think OP's premise was that an obsolete design would be brought back. Given that premise, which should it be?
     
  8. ewomack

    ewomack 魚の下着

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    Joking, of course, but I used to have more than a few of these to buy little pieces of plastic with.

    I would, instead, bring back these gorgeous beauties:

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  9. Merc Hunter

    Merc Hunter New Member

    Fugio design as a half dollar
     
  10. calcol

    calcol Supporter! Supporter

    The aes rude. Chunks of bronze used in the early Roman republic. See pic. If service was poor, you could throw it at the server or salesperson. :)

    Cal

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  11. TheFinn

    TheFinn Well-Known Member

    Bronze/Brass Cents
     
  12. JPeace$

    JPeace$ Coinaholic

    I agree with @okbustchaser . I don't want to see any of the designs brought back. IMO, the Silver Eagle with the WLH design lessons my desire to collect WLH's. It's a great design, but it's now over exposed.
     
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  13. okbustchaser

    okbustchaser I may be old but I still appreciate a pretty bust Supporter

    And if that was the OP's premise then once again I repeat none of them...if, OTOH, his premise was obsolete denomination then again I would say bring back the 3 cent nickel in a new design and end the one cent denomination.
     
  14. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    Sure, and then watch the typical cashier trying to count out your change. :rolleyes:

    At least if you keep the one-cent, add the three-cent, and replace all the others with 11-cent and 37-cent denominations, you get a solution that's provably optimal for making change with the smallest number of coins. ;)

    We need larger denomination coins. Dimes are arguably not worth bothering with at this point; everything smaller is a waste of time and attention. The quarter is the new penny.
     
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  15. johnmilton

    johnmilton Well-Known Member

    None of them.

    We need to look to the future instead of the past.
     
  16. Ag76

    Ag76 Coins 'n' history

    I definitely think both the cent and the nickel are useless for commerce now. I've been in favor of abolishing dollar bills as well, although apparently the new GAO report suggests that would no longer be a saving to the taxpayer. But the dollar is now worth what a quarter was about 40 years ago.
     
  17. KSorbo

    KSorbo Well-Known Member

    $1, $2 and $5 coins would bring the US in line with a lot of other countries. Japan, for instance, has a 500 yen coin that circulates regularly that’s not much bigger than our dollar coin, along with 100 yen that’s about the size of a nickel. Both pennies and nickels should go away and the dime be made out of a different metal (possibly bronze) and larger. Both $1 and $5 bills should be phased out. Revamping the coinage would spark interest in the hobby and make coins be worth carrying again.
     
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  18. Williammm

    Williammm Member

    A $2.50 gold piece and $5 gold piece, maybe the modern versions could be made out of brass or something to be used in general circulation.
     
  19. cwtokenman

    cwtokenman Coin Hoarder

    These are still being made, but granted not in the numbers of days past.

    Ed, pres. Penn-Ohio Wooden Money Collectors
     
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  20. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Any coin that circulates with silver and gold.
     
  21. 1948 Edward

    1948 Edward Member

    Wooden nickel blanks. shopping.jpeg
     
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