not recommended : presidential dollar coins
In principle, I like the idea of dollar coins. In practice, the new series of Presidential one dollar coins are hideous [usmint], the sort of thing that you'd expect if you handed the design responsibilities to a class of second-graders: the obverse images have the first four presidents cast as bloated zombies and toads, as if the portraits were made by using their disinterring remains as a source; the reverse is a bad clip art montage. The only marginally interesting aspect is the inscription on the edges.
I assumed that the whole program was a not so subtle attempt to get Reagan on a piece of currency, but the release calendar end with Ford in 2016. Maybe a rule against living figures on money is stopping the progression while Carter is alive?
If you hate the dollar coins less than I do, the Mint offers a screensaver.
I assumed that the whole program was a not so subtle attempt to get Reagan on a piece of currency, but the release calendar end with Ford in 2016. Maybe a rule against living figures on money is stopping the progression while Carter is alive?
If you hate the dollar coins less than I do, the Mint offers a screensaver.
I'm not a big fan of $1 coins. I tend to forget to use coins, except for laundry. I do the same thing when I travel, and end up with all the money I didn't know I had. All the more reason to give up on cash and just carry a debit card.
I'm looking forward to the Millard Fillmore coin.
The two dollar coin (the "Toonie") is rather neat:
If you hold it one way it looks like a T-rex, if you hold it another way it looks like three penguins.
There's been talk of a $5 coin...
Australian's, as you might imagine, are pretty bitchin;.
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Pound coins