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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1556819, member: 68&quot;]This is a really tough question but the more I think about it the more it seems to get to the very heart of why I collect world coins at all.&nbsp; It&#039;s often been said that coins are ambassadors and this is true.&nbsp; They tell about the place and time they were produced.&nbsp; And the main thing they say is that humans are really all the same and always have been.&nbsp; Of course, at the same time they highlight our subtle differences as we evolve over time in different places.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is the primary cause of my utter hatred for the penny and what it represents.&nbsp; We have a culture founded on waste and no matter what I do the very existence of a coin that is wasteful will serve as a calling card forever announcing our foolhardiness.&nbsp; Even a few of the zincolns will be around in thousands of years with a note under the glass in the museum pointing out that we made these in the hundreds of billions after they were a drag on the economy.&nbsp; People will have a good chuckle at our expense and move along.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In this day and age it might be best not to be remembered too long.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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