The New U.S. Penny design is a terrible idea.

[ryderawsome]

are you complaining about having kickass vintage captain america shield on the penny?!?!?!

 

[ThisIsSnake]

Copycats
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/New_British_Coinage_2008.jpg/389px-New_British_Coinage_2008.jpg
Now that's a coat of arms

 

[emeraldrafael]

Snip

I know, its still funny.

 

[Seagoon]

HA HA UR COUNTRIES MONIES IS SILLY!

 

[Kakashi on crack]

Get rid of them all together.

This. It costs 3 cents to produce 1 penny >.>

Though perhaps instead of getting rid of them, we just stop making new ones?

 

[RobCoxxy]

No, just get rid of "In God We Trust" from everything. Since that appeared, everything went wrong.

 

[shroomie]

Its either an amazing publicity thing for the Captain America movie, or its just a new design that no one should really care about cos its all worth the same.

 

[teqrevisited]

It is a bit bland. Here in the U.K our coins are changing
*Edit* Picture above. I'm too damn slow -.-

Some people aren't keen on them but I think they look quite good.

 

[silversnake4133]

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,"

And now he's rolling in his grave because as a country in present time, we probably couldn't be more divided. Heck, I think the only thing that's actually keeping us together as a country is the landmass itself and its refusal to split apart. This actually makes me wonder if anyone else thinks that this country is an oxymoron to its name. We claim to be a united country, but everything about us is divided.

-Our states are divided by borders and state boundaries
-Our counties are divided by invisible borders
-Our schools are divided into districts
-Our government is divided into two parties in DC
-We have divisions of three branches of government
-The "Legislative" portion of government is divided into the House of Representatives and the Senate
-Government is divided into 50 portions to make sure the people of each state pay up every fiscal year
-And we the people of this country are divided into the wealthy and the poor (the rich kind of did away with the middle class)

So, which part of the United States was supposed to be united again?

 

[Zykon TheLich]

Now that's a real shame. IDK how big your pennies are but UK pennies and 2p pieces make excellent bases for epic scale warhammer at a fraction of the cost of the plastic ones, I'd be really upset if they stopped making them.

 

[Something Amyss]

Must be a pretty slow day to warrant complaints about pocket change.

Seriously, I don't think I even look at coins other than to determine basic shape and color for payment.

I don't know what you're talking about. The face of my pocket change keeps me up many a sleepless night.

 

[Conza]

As correct as you are regarding designs, when will you guys cotton on to the fact, pennies are stupid and worthless. I remember reading that another user here posted, it costs more to make the penny, than its worth.

Stop making them, recall all pennies and trade them for 5c, then melt them down and be done with it. 'Oh, but we forget to add tax to prices, so pennies help there' right? What's the solution there? Add tax first, and round! Rounding is a beautiful tool used in many economies today, including mine (Australian).

Ok, rant done.