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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1326824, member: 27832&quot;]Not sure of size/shape/composition, except that I&#039;d probably not want anything much smaller than the current dime or larger than the current dollar coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I <i>hate</i> dead president portraits. I&#039;d want Liberty portraits/figures, ideally different from, but as beautiful as, those used on the St. Gaudens/Liberty Walking/Peace/Winged Liberty coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d like to drop the cent and nickel, and have .10/.20/.50/$1/$5 coins. $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1000 for bills. Let&#039;s face it: prices have gone up more than tenfold since our current system of denominations was established. It&#039;s time to renormalize.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, if you&#039;re good at math, <a href="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/3839" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/3839" rel="nofollow">it might be better to have a $1.80 coin</a>. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And if you&#039;re even better than <i>that</i> at math, maybe we could have coinage based on complex numbers, with the real part gold- or silver-backed and the imaginary part backed by the Fed... :devil:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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