If you are an American, or have even heard of it, you've got an idea who Abraham Lincoln was.
The image of the Lincoln memorial on the back of the U.S. penny is both iconic and unmistakable. You look at it and if you've ever been to Washington or watched The P.O.S. Planet of the Apes attempted reboot, you know what it is.
And artistically speaking, it has a feeling of depth that make it pleasant to look at.(To me)
The image thats been on the penny for the last 50 years.
Now, I can understand changing the image of currency. Sometimes its just to change things up a bit.
So they came out with a series of pennies in 2008-2009, To represent Lincoln's life history
Now bad right? Hell any of these would be a better to stick with. But then they chose this design as the permanent replacement.
EDIT: A bit of explanation om my part. To me, Its total lack of depth and simplicity make it ugly. Or as others pointed out, painfully unoriginal. And to those that feel the penny should be done away with, its worse than you think. I work at a gas station and ALL the pennies we get from the bank are the new shield design. and id say we go through at least ten rolls a day. So each day the bank is giving us more of the new design and apparently phasing out old pennies.
The reason for this design? Quote: The 2010 cent theme is "emblematic of President Lincoln?s preservation of the United States of America as a single and united country,"
"The reverse features a union shield with a scroll draped across it bearing the inscription E PLURIBUS UNUM. The 13 vertical stripes of the shield represent the states joined in one compact union to support the Federal government, represented by the horizontal bar above," the Mint said in a statement. Source http://www.coinnews.net/2008/09/22/lincoln-penny-design-images-for-2009-circulating-cents-4359/
Thats great and all, but I guarantee you you'll never meet anyone that would even recognize the design, let alone what it means. Hell I never would have guessed it had ANYTHING to do with Abraham Lincoln.
Look, to me its a shitty idea and shitty to look at. This review sums up my thoughts and is both simplistic and highly logical, unlike most of our governments.
http://manchildapocalypse.com/2010/02/19/new-ugly-penny-design/
So chime in with your 2 cents, and tell me what you think.
The image of the Lincoln memorial on the back of the U.S. penny is both iconic and unmistakable. You look at it and if you've ever been to Washington or watched The P.O.S. Planet of the Apes attempted reboot, you know what it is.
And artistically speaking, it has a feeling of depth that make it pleasant to look at.(To me)
The image thats been on the penny for the last 50 years.
Now, I can understand changing the image of currency. Sometimes its just to change things up a bit.
So they came out with a series of pennies in 2008-2009, To represent Lincoln's life history
Now bad right? Hell any of these would be a better to stick with. But then they chose this design as the permanent replacement.
EDIT: A bit of explanation om my part. To me, Its total lack of depth and simplicity make it ugly. Or as others pointed out, painfully unoriginal. And to those that feel the penny should be done away with, its worse than you think. I work at a gas station and ALL the pennies we get from the bank are the new shield design. and id say we go through at least ten rolls a day. So each day the bank is giving us more of the new design and apparently phasing out old pennies.
The reason for this design? Quote: The 2010 cent theme is "emblematic of President Lincoln?s preservation of the United States of America as a single and united country,"
"The reverse features a union shield with a scroll draped across it bearing the inscription E PLURIBUS UNUM. The 13 vertical stripes of the shield represent the states joined in one compact union to support the Federal government, represented by the horizontal bar above," the Mint said in a statement. Source http://www.coinnews.net/2008/09/22/lincoln-penny-design-images-for-2009-circulating-cents-4359/
Thats great and all, but I guarantee you you'll never meet anyone that would even recognize the design, let alone what it means. Hell I never would have guessed it had ANYTHING to do with Abraham Lincoln.
Look, to me its a shitty idea and shitty to look at. This review sums up my thoughts and is both simplistic and highly logical, unlike most of our governments.
http://manchildapocalypse.com/2010/02/19/new-ugly-penny-design/
So chime in with your 2 cents, and tell me what you think.
