Comments on: New Lincoln Penny Features Four Rear Designs

By: Trent Hamm

Trent Hamm — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:19:42 +0000

I think both the penny and nickel should be dropped and prices displayed with only one decimal place (unless the transactions are electronic).

By: madame X

madame X — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:21:18 +0000

I agree with the first few commenters– what a big dumb waste of time! We should be getting rid of pennies, not designing new ones!

By: Whoo hoo

Whoo hoo — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:54:34 +0000

“In God We Trust” was first put on coins in the Civil War but didn’t make it onto all coins until 1955.

Um, what coin(s) did not have “In God We Trust” in 1954, or 1944?

By: Whoo hoo

Whoo hoo — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:03:49 +0000

I rather liked the original reverse, didn’t like the Lincoln Memorial reverse, and have long wanted an entirely new design, but I like these reverses.

Then in 2010, let’s try something completely different.

How about getting rid of the cent and bringing back the two-cent (1864-1873) coin?

By: jim

jim — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:59:30 +0000

It’s my own classy name

By: Whoo hoo

Whoo hoo — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:58:33 +0000

I’ve heard of head and tails, obverse and reverse, but I’ve never heard of rear designs before.

By: CK

CK — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:53:53 +0000

Drop the penny.

By: FIRE Finance

FIRE Finance — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:57:44 +0000

We agree with Flexo and Glenn. Pennies have only added to our woes.

By: Flexo

Flexo — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:56:13 +0000

It’s time to get rid of the cent piece… I was hoping the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln cent would lead to retirement of the coin.

By: Glenn Lasher

Glenn Lasher — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:13:40 +0000

We don’t need a new penny. We need to stop making pennies, because they are too costly, not only in their face-value to material-value ratio (which is less than 1) but also in their value to time-spent-handling-them ratio. I refuse to carry nickels or pennies.