Anything that’s post Barber and pre-what-we-have-now. In particular: Indian Head Cents. Mercury Dimes. Walking Liberty Halves (except that nobody uses halves anymore).
Just as I said before, NONE of them (or any other previous design) should be brought back. They served their time faithfully. Try hiring a competent artist and bring out NEW designs that rival the past. But to answer your question no, I don't particularly care for Lincoln cents, buffalo nickels, peace dollars, or any of the gold designs although the nickles and dollars are improvements on the designs they replaced.
I think OP's premise was that an obsolete design would be brought back. Given that premise, which should it be?
Joking, of course, but I used to have more than a few of these to buy little pieces of plastic with. I would, instead, bring back these gorgeous beauties:
The aes rude. Chunks of bronze used in the early Roman republic. See pic. If service was poor, you could throw it at the server or salesperson. Cal
I agree with @okbustchaser . I don't want to see any of the designs brought back. IMO, the Silver Eagle with the WLH design lessons my desire to collect WLH's. It's a great design, but it's now over exposed.
And if that was the OP's premise then once again I repeat none of them...if, OTOH, his premise was obsolete denomination then again I would say bring back the 3 cent nickel in a new design and end the one cent denomination.
Sure, and then watch the typical cashier trying to count out your change. At least if you keep the one-cent, add the three-cent, and replace all the others with 11-cent and 37-cent denominations, you get a solution that's provably optimal for making change with the smallest number of coins. We need larger denomination coins. Dimes are arguably not worth bothering with at this point; everything smaller is a waste of time and attention. The quarter is the new penny.
I definitely think both the cent and the nickel are useless for commerce now. I've been in favor of abolishing dollar bills as well, although apparently the new GAO report suggests that would no longer be a saving to the taxpayer. But the dollar is now worth what a quarter was about 40 years ago.
$1, $2 and $5 coins would bring the US in line with a lot of other countries. Japan, for instance, has a 500 yen coin that circulates regularly that’s not much bigger than our dollar coin, along with 100 yen that’s about the size of a nickel. Both pennies and nickels should go away and the dime be made out of a different metal (possibly bronze) and larger. Both $1 and $5 bills should be phased out. Revamping the coinage would spark interest in the hobby and make coins be worth carrying again.
A $2.50 gold piece and $5 gold piece, maybe the modern versions could be made out of brass or something to be used in general circulation.
These are still being made, but granted not in the numbers of days past. Ed, pres. Penn-Ohio Wooden Money Collectors