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<p>[QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 2996273, member: 19250"]I do agree and cartoonish is being generous as to what most really consider a joke!</p><p>However my thoughts the cent needs to go end of story, the nickel,dime especially the quarter all need to be redesigned to something new that doesn't look like it was once part of a Simsons cartoon. As for the half who needs it? Even though there is a space for it in a cash pan no one uses them....bank don't order them unless you ask for them...and then they aren't happy witn your request.</p><p>Under ground in a vault at the Federal reserve bank of Richmond Baltimore branch there's bag a d bags of dollar coins being stored ....why? No one wants them, or wants to use them....so we will comtinue to mint coins that no one wants,continue printing dollar notes that last 6 months or less as the dollar coins could last decades.</p><p>We continue to do what other nations and countries realize was a waste of time and money.</p><p>We continue to make coins with designs that are just ugly.....and the real coup de gras is they can't even remake or copy a timeless design without messing them up! Yes I'm talking about the Mercury dime, Standing Liberty,and Walker designs that even with the original designs in hand they botched it !</p><p>Yes I understand a coin collector is an advocate to stop production of coins....as to me these aren't coins....they are pieces of metal that over time may be worth less than face because no one wants them.... sad very sad....when other countries mint art we mint cartoon characters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 2996273, member: 19250"]I do agree and cartoonish is being generous as to what most really consider a joke! However my thoughts the cent needs to go end of story, the nickel,dime especially the quarter all need to be redesigned to something new that doesn't look like it was once part of a Simsons cartoon. As for the half who needs it? Even though there is a space for it in a cash pan no one uses them....bank don't order them unless you ask for them...and then they aren't happy witn your request. Under ground in a vault at the Federal reserve bank of Richmond Baltimore branch there's bag a d bags of dollar coins being stored ....why? No one wants them, or wants to use them....so we will comtinue to mint coins that no one wants,continue printing dollar notes that last 6 months or less as the dollar coins could last decades. We continue to do what other nations and countries realize was a waste of time and money. We continue to make coins with designs that are just ugly.....and the real coup de gras is they can't even remake or copy a timeless design without messing them up! Yes I'm talking about the Mercury dime, Standing Liberty,and Walker designs that even with the original designs in hand they botched it ! Yes I understand a coin collector is an advocate to stop production of coins....as to me these aren't coins....they are pieces of metal that over time may be worth less than face because no one wants them.... sad very sad....when other countries mint art we mint cartoon characters.[/QUOTE]
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