New U.S. Nickel unveiled
 

These were pretty cool so I thought I'd post them here :D

Jefferson's new look!
http://i.cnn.net/money/pf/features/p...ckels/01.1.jpg

The Buffalo returns -- I liked this one best.
http://i.cnn.net/money/pf/features/p...ckels/02.1.jpg

Ocean image...
http://i.cnn.net/money/pf/features/p...ckels/03.1.jpg

THAT IS REALLY FRICKIN COOL!!!!

Buffalo nickel...cool

Wow, nice. I've always hated the current nickel, but this one looks slick.

Fancy-- and it's still worth a nickel - -pretty impressive.

That is one cool looking nickel. Too bad it's still only worth 5 cents.

Interesting.. a 3-sided coin. And they found it necessary to etch a penis on the buffalo. Now, let's start with more important issues.. like getting rid of the penny.

Why is getting rid of the penny so important to people?

LOL - I hadn't noticed that.

And as for the penny, I would agree. I read an article that I'l have to look for about a store owner who rounds all of his sales to the nearest dollar (in the customer's favor of course) so that he doesn't have to make change.

His sales have actually increased.


Found it: http://www.ncbuy.com/news/2004-08-23/1010392.html

I hadn't seen these designs. Right after getting home from deployment I got a new nickel that had the boat on it, one of the Lewis and Clark nickels, and I was like "WTF?" It was pretty neat. It's cool that they're changing up the money a bit. Overseas there are some countries that have numerous different designs for each coin denomination, so why not us too? I like 'em, especially the Buffalo, who is hung like a bull hamster.

-Mikey

Wow, those are pretty slick. The first one reminds me of the cover to the new Star Wars Trilogy DVD's. Damn, they should have put Darth Vader on the Nickel!

That's a nice change

(har, har)

I can not tell you how many hours I've spent in line at the grocery store, turning over the varnished facade of my well-used nickels in my hand, thinking to myself, "Jefferson, my good fellow, when will the U.S. mint deign to remake you in an image more befitting a noble statesman? Alas, here you are, bereft of dignity on the woeful nickel whilst that troublemaker Hamilton graces our sawbuck."

But who's got the last laugh now? Hamilton knows no buffalo. Sweet, sweet revenge is Jefferson's.

Best read of the day.

But hey, let me defend Alex here. As a New Yorker, he's pretty much all we have in the way of name-recognition Founding Fathers. He lived fast and died young. I for one am proud of Alexander Hamilton.

-Mikey

Photoshop it now you lazy bastards.

that's one nice looking nickel

While these look cool, I can't help but be disturbed at the rewriting of American history through our very own currency.

First of all, on a somehwat different note, why are they making new nickels when they already redesigned the back just about a year ago?...

http://www.washingtonhistory.org/wsh...l-keelboat.gif
http://dfmoore.mu.nu/archives/2004_L...eace_Medal.gif

More importantly, notice how on the second redesigned back (of the old, new nickels) you see the joining of colonial and Amer. Indian hands, and the joining of the axe and the peace pipe, rewriting the gruesome American history of genocide - one of the most successful ever undertaken - of the American Indians.

Then we get to the NEW new nickels. Attractive indeed, however I can't help but find it amusing that we apparently feel as if we have the right to put a buffalo on our currency. Nevermind the fact that we slaughtered the buffalo to near extinction so as to remove the Amer. Indians primary source of food and assist in our genocide.

Short point: Buffalos and American Indians have absolutely nothing to do with the POSITIVE background of our American heritage. I see no difference between putting the buffalo and Amer. Indians on our coins and putting slaves on our coins, aside for the fact we've written that sad stage of our history OUT of history trough governmental control of what we are taught.

EDIT: At least history is not hidden from the observant. As I read on another site, "Under the Buffalo is the phrase, 'e pluribus unum', which of course means 'out of many, one'. Sad that this is fitting for the American Bison."

it is really cool- especially since it says "ocean"!

very stylin'

I certainly see and agree with your point to an extent - the image of the colonial and indian hands joining is a huge fallacy to what really happened. Inapropriate for our currency. However, I think the coins would be great if done tastefully and with individual respect for the native people of this land.

As far as the new coins... the styling is good, but all the images seem lacking somehow. And Jefferson looks completely rediculus with that angle.

I don't think it's necessary to construe the joining of colonial and Amer. Indian hands, and the joining of the axe and the peace pipe as rewriting the gruesome American history of genocide.

The same goes for the notion that putting a buffalo on our currency somehow denies the fact that we slaughtered the buffalo to near extinction so as to remove the Amer. Indians primary source of food and assist in our genocide.

I mean symbols of peace, good will, respect for the native flora and fauna can be used as attempts to heal old wounds or even a tacit admission that, while we erred in the past, we are resolved not to err in those ways again.

I wish I could believe that art, it's just not very easy when, even today, the myths surrounding <a href="http://cs.nmu.edu/~lhanson/PowderKeg/PK7/Columbus.html">Columbus</a>, <a href="http://www.2020tech.com/thanks/temp.html">Thanksgiving</a>, and many other issues are still being propogated in our schools. If we, as a people and as a government, were ready, and starting, to seek any sort of atonement for our history, we would at least be teaching the truth about it. From what I see though, we're still perfectly content to cover it up. Anyway, this is a topic for another thread....I'm sure it'll come up again sometime in October ;)

I like it! I'd gladly pay a dollar for a nickel like that.

Hey, I've actually been to that store - I forgot all about it, but you're right - when I was there, they rounded down. It brought my purchase of fake poo down from $3.45 to $3.

That was a good bargain for fake poo.

STUNNING NEW FEATURES AT OUR SAME EVERYDAY LOW PRICE!!!

/redundant joke

I like the changes they made..change is good..

i never knew buffalos have such a human like face

I want to see more $0.50 pieces in circulation! Get rid of Kennedy while they're at it, too.

oooo.. i didnt even know there was a new half dollar. looks nice

I COMPLETELY agree! There was a great Washingon .50 coin I saw yesterday - I'll find the image and edit it in here - I'd love to see it come up again

http://www.myfavoritecoinstore.com/s...s/1982WASH.gif

Good Gawwwwd I hadn't noticed the buffalo pecker! :lol:

Yeah I don't have as many pennies stashed away as that bozo who collected $10,000 worth of them but I could go for dumping the single cent piece.

That GW coin is pretty sweet.

I've got a soft spot in my heart for Canadian currency. I love loonies :D

Does this ever happen to anyone? I read this (sitting in my office, a professional work place of course) while at work and just bust out laughing... :eek:

Very funny...:lol:

now that is what the nickel should have always looked like...

Hey Secretmethod, I didn't have anything to do with the indians or the buffalo. I respect the image and what it tries to represent in our more enlightened age. I will be visiting the new Museum of the American Indian in DC when it opens. And I think Foxwoods is a great casino.

WOW A 3 Sided Nickel....HEHE


that looks kinda cool but are beaver one is still better;)

I never even knew we had redesigned coins besides the state quarters. All my loose change (except pennies) goes in to my pocket and then in to my loose change fund. I don't give it a second look. I think I'll head over there now and root through some of it.

Nice, can't wait to get my hands on some.

SecretMethod70: I entirely agree with your position on the nickel. It just drives home the rewriting of history that happened by putting Jackson on the new $20 - one of the most heinous information crimes I think I've ever witnessed. Jackson, the architect of the Trail of Tears and countless other crimes against the American Indians, put on a new bill "because he was a good president." Oh god.

The only problem I see with the new coins is people hording them....then you get the one lady that accidentaly uses it to buy something but wants it back and holds up the line......

I love the Lewis and Clark homage -- my favorite American heroes