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<p>[QUOTE="ReaperRuler, post: 1696215, member: 38320"]Personally, I dislike the shield design for the cent and kind of want to go back to the old wreath designs for it. The nickel I don't mind, but i prefer Felix Schlag's design for the obverse. What we have now just makes Jefferson look creepy IMO. The dime, I'm ok with. If we want to change it, that's fine, but keep it something simple or use a design similar to mercury dimes. The quarter doesn't necessarily NEED to be changed. I just think it needs to stay constant for more than a few months... I don't mind the half the way it is. The infrequency that it has in general circulation keeps the design fresh IMO and it technically is the youngest without a change so far, barring the cent, nickel and quarters which were recent. The dollar needs to go. I'm sick of the "gold" dollar. I'd much rather go back to large dollars, but society may not. Just for novelty's sake, a new denomination could be fun, so I'm ok with that.</p><p><br /></p><p>The main thing that bothers me about the current designs is that they are so detailed that I personally think the coins are visually taxing. If you look through the history of coins, most of them were semi-intricate, but art-worthy. Their redeeming quality was their simplicity and that's what I think we should return to: Simple, yet dignified.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ReaperRuler, post: 1696215, member: 38320"]Personally, I dislike the shield design for the cent and kind of want to go back to the old wreath designs for it. The nickel I don't mind, but i prefer Felix Schlag's design for the obverse. What we have now just makes Jefferson look creepy IMO. The dime, I'm ok with. If we want to change it, that's fine, but keep it something simple or use a design similar to mercury dimes. The quarter doesn't necessarily NEED to be changed. I just think it needs to stay constant for more than a few months... I don't mind the half the way it is. The infrequency that it has in general circulation keeps the design fresh IMO and it technically is the youngest without a change so far, barring the cent, nickel and quarters which were recent. The dollar needs to go. I'm sick of the "gold" dollar. I'd much rather go back to large dollars, but society may not. Just for novelty's sake, a new denomination could be fun, so I'm ok with that. The main thing that bothers me about the current designs is that they are so detailed that I personally think the coins are visually taxing. If you look through the history of coins, most of them were semi-intricate, but art-worthy. Their redeeming quality was their simplicity and that's what I think we should return to: Simple, yet dignified.[/QUOTE]
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