Anyone see the new nickel, the President sure looks different.

[texanwitch]

Looks mean.

I just noticed the new nickel yesterday, the word Liberty is on the front.

[RevStPatrick]

1. This one?

But... I thought Obama was going to remove "In God We Trust" from the currency?
Maybe he's waiting for his second term, after he declares Marshall Law and sends us all to those FEMA reeducation camps?

[texanwitch]

2. Quite a different look now.

In God We Trust is still there.

I quess the nickel needed a new facelift.

[HopeHoops]

3. I rather like it.

[Art_from_Ark]

4. The word "Liberty" has always been on the front of a nickel

ever since the so-called "V nickel" was introduced in 1883

[LynneSin]

5. I heard they were taking off 'In God we Trust' in favor of.....

'Obama wants to you worship Satan'

[LishaD35]

6. Haha

[LynneSin]

8. Welcome to DU

Give it a month and that'll be the rampent rumor on conservative websites

ugh!!!

[geardaddy]

7. Can't we just have "E Pluribus Unum" on there?

That is the national motto.

[Art_from_Ark]

11. E Pluribus Unum *was* the national motto

until Congress designated "In God We Trust" as the national motto in 1956.

[geardaddy]

13. Arses.

It should be the former.

[Art_from_Ark]

14. I think the Founding Fathers would cringe at the 1956 law

They specifically wanted a secular motto, in contrast to the European governments at the time which all proclaimed that their respective monarchs were ruling "by the grace of God" ("dei gratia", or "d.g." on coins from that period).

[elleng]

21. And the Pledge

has been modified four times since its composition, with the most recent change adding the words "under God" in 1954.

[Art_from_Ark]

15. I think you'd like the Buffalo nickel

which is the second coin depicted in my post #4

[geardaddy]

23. Yes, my dad had a couple of those.

I don't know where they are now.

[hunter]

9. It's less embossed, cheaper to make.

I think it's time to knock a zero or two off the dollar so we can have nice coins again.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. I'll say.

[davidb19766]

12. the new design is pretty nice

imo

[Honeycombe8]

16. Someone should ask Romney. Bet he never sees nickels. nt

[johnsolaris]

17. pay attentions folks !!

Hi,

The design on the U.S. nickel changed several years ago. The last old style nickel was minted in 2003. The next two years, the obverse or the front looked the same as always, but the reverse side had The Lewis & Clark bicentennial designs. Remember it was Jefferson that sent out Lewis & Clark to survey & explore the newly acquired Louisiana purchase. What better way to commemorate, than with the Jefferson nickel.

The mint decided to update the nickel & put out a new design on the front (obverse side) for 2006. Now the next question is : Have any of you noticed the new changes on the Lincoln cent and the many changes on the Quarter ?

[Art_from_Ark]

18. They had 5 different reverse designs for the Lincoln cent in 2009

to commemorate both the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth and the centennial of the Lincoln cent. The current design is a somewhat uninspired-looking shield which is reminiscent of some of the Civil War penny tokens that were issued by private minters during the Lincoln era.

The quarters are a little harder to keep track of, since dozens of new designs have been introduced since the first state quarter-- Delaware-- was issued in 1999 (with a redesigned Washington obverse that has not changed in the meantime). After the state quarter program ran its course in 2008 with the Hawaii issue, the Mint made territorial quarters (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa, as well as DC) for a year. Now the Mint is producing America the Beautiful quarters, starting with (for some reason unbeknownst to me) Hot Springs, Arkansas, and which is scheduled to continue into at least 2021.

[johnsolaris]

19. coin collecting

Hi,

Yes, that is correct. The state quarter program started in 1999 & went through all 50 states and then the US territories.
All of these new designs were to interest coin collectors & hopefully make news ones out of those young folks.
The quarters are now in the America the Beautiful series with all the National Parks & historical sites on the Reverse side.
Hot springs was first since it was the First national historical site designated. Yes, look it up I had too when it came out.

As for the Lincoln cent commemorative in 2009, there were only 4 designs. One of the ways for the mint to make money is to issues these new coins in commemorative sets in uncirculated & in Proof sets.

The big noise about getting rid of the penny is because it cost more to make them than it's face value is worth. Yes the penny's raw materials are worth more than a penny & also the nickel is worth more in raw materials than a nickel. However it is against the law to melt them down.

[Art_from_Ark]

20. I stand corrected

I was thinking that the shield design also came out in 2009, but it was actually introduced in 2010. Guess I'll have to give up my search for 2009 shield pennies now

[harmonicon]

22. Well, he was mean.

The guy OWNED SLAVES. I'm pretty sure that's basically the worst thing anyone can do ever, or at least on par with other really freakishly terrible things.

As long as we have to have people who OWNED SLAVES on our currency, the least they could do would be to have an arrow pointing at Jefferson, Washington, or whoever's head with the text "This motherfucker OWNED SLAVES" printed next to it.