The New U.S. Penny design is a terrible idea.
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So do Nickels, but we (The us) feel the compulsive need to make new designs on those (the buffalo one).mew4ever23 said:
Honestlly, I odnt even know anyone that uses them for change, or machines that take them besides the one in toll collection machines for roads.
And you should care, our pennies are pretty much interchangable.
Why the fuck are we still making a coin that is worth less than the raw materials used to manufacture it?
The design on currency (at least for American currency) was never about the average person understanding it. Look at the back of the 1 dollar bill. I'll bet most people don't know what the hell that pyramid thingy is there for or what it has at all to do with the United States.
This.Small Waves said:
Also, I simply don't care. Personally I've always found wheat pennies to be more aesthetically appealing than any other designs anyways. (shrugs)
Eumersian said:
I'd say painfully unoriginal and boring are fair descriptions as well. To me though, its the total lack of depth that make it ugly. It doesn't have a feeling of 3d like the lincoln memorial.MisterGobbles said:
The whole thing is redundant. I'm Australian and even I know that the majority of Americans do not use pennies, that the majority of toll booths no longer accept them and the process of mining the copper and zinc to produce the useless things is expensive, detrimental to the environment and downright pointless.
This, wtf do you even do with pennies anyway? try to use them just to get rejected because they aren't worth shit. All they do is make things confusing (only $39.99! <--- NO ITS NOT YOU JACKASS) and weigh down your wallet. They also cost double their value to make (1 penny costs 2 pennies to make) so they are a waste of money for the government.Aris Khandr said:
Either let us use pennies or STOP MAKING THEM
It still has Lincoln's face on the obverse, so I don't see what the problem is. Will you forget who is on the penny in the time it takes to flip to the shield on the reverse?
I don't see why the symbolism bothers you; all our money has symbolism on it that a lot of people don't understand, and I'd bet a good bit that there are plenty of people that didn't even know that the building on the reverse was the Lincoln Memorial.
Besides, numismatists are easy to piss off with insignificant crap, so why worry anyway? Bother us when the vexillologists have something to gripe about; that's usually indicative of major shit going down.
I don't see why the symbolism bothers you; all our money has symbolism on it that a lot of people don't understand, and I'd bet a good bit that there are plenty of people that didn't even know that the building on the reverse was the Lincoln Memorial.
Besides, numismatists are easy to piss off with insignificant crap, so why worry anyway? Bother us when the vexillologists have something to gripe about; that's usually indicative of major shit going down.
Well to be honest, the more iconic image that I remember is the side that has his face on it rather than the memorial, and since that hasn't changed I'm not terribly bothered.
And it's not like the old pennies will immediately go out of circulation. I mean, how long ago did they introduce the state themed quarters? But you still come across the eagle ones all the time.
I actually kind of like the variety. Also, the new pennies are shiiiiinnny.
And it's not like the old pennies will immediately go out of circulation. I mean, how long ago did they introduce the state themed quarters? But you still come across the eagle ones all the time.
I actually kind of like the variety. Also, the new pennies are shiiiiinnny.
I haven't finished the video yet, but its the best ever. I've done the same thing when I had 5 dollars in pennies, but not 88.Kalezian said:
When you can do stuff like this, NEVER! Stuff like this is just awesome. I rmemeber somone once tried this at the theatre I worked with. he Ordered 50 bucks worth of stuff, then put 50 dollars worth of unsorted pennies down and told me to either accept it or count it.Kalezian said:
I handed it back and said count it up, I got all day. It was all rather funny, especially when my manager walked over and made the customer count the pennies.
