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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 673672, member: 19463&quot;]Yes, and the interesting part to me is that Athens was very slow to change the style of the coins maintaining archaic art on coins long after the rest of society has become more Classical. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I suppose that is a lot like our current money which many people my age have been known to call the new bills &#039;Monopoly money&#039; and find the new portraits of Jefferson on nickels embarassing.&nbsp; I agreed even when I was a kid and part of the reason I stopped collecting US coins was I found the current designs ugly compared to the old Liberty styles.&nbsp; Back when it was important to the government that people had faith in the currency, it was important that it looked as good as in the old days so being too modern was avoided.&nbsp; Now the government would prefer we all refused to use nickels and counterfeit protection is the only consideration in paper.&nbsp; They have announced the paper money will change frequently from now on and high tech is more reassuring than classically styled.&nbsp;&nbsp; I guess they don&#039;t care if people counterfeit pennies or nickels that cost more to make than they are worth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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