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I just found a new nickel in my spare change. I like the big face Jefferson, and I was expecting to see the buffalo on the back, but NO! It's a tree next to the ocean!

I don't like it very much. There's too much text in too small a font, and the quote imposed over the hillside is difficult to read because of the texture behind it.

My favorite reverse of the "Westward Journey" series of nickels is the "Louisiana Purchase/Peace Medal" design, cause it's the only US legal tender I can think of that has incorporates drug paraphenalia

And man, don't even get me started on the State Quarters...

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Saturday, 1 October 2005 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

"Ocean in View! O! The Joy!"??

― Roxymuzak, Mrs. Carbohydrate (roxymuzak), Saturday, 1 October 2005 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

The latin on the coins is written by the new world order. It's the beginning of the end, God-loving Americans! Now they're putting latin...soon they'll be putting the mark of the beast on the hands of those who don't ascend into the Kingdom of God!

― Will O'Really, Saturday, 1 October 2005 16:14 (nineteen years ago)

The US Mint site says that quote is taken from Clark's journal from the day the expedition reached the Pacific.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Saturday, 1 October 2005 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

That's been on the US seal since 1776

― A Nairn (moretap), Saturday, 1 October 2005 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

(the latin I'm talking about)

― A Nairn (moretap), Saturday, 1 October 2005 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

I think it's possible Will O'Really is not being completely serious.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Saturday, 1 October 2005 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

The US Mint site says that quote is taken from Clark's journal from the day the expedition reached the Pacific.

Yeah, Roxy, you ignoramus. Wait, I didn't know that either.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 1 October 2005 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

and "In God We Trust" is from 1956

― A Nairn (moretap), Saturday, 1 October 2005 16:20 (nineteen years ago)

I figured it was some quote, but what a fucking crap quote.

― Roxymuzak, Mrs. Carbohydrate (roxymuzak), Saturday, 1 October 2005 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

I think it's possible Will O'Really is not being completely serious.

I am very serious! Repent now because you may not get another chance - the antichrist is coming!

― Will O'Really, Saturday, 1 October 2005 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, putting "In God We Trust" on a coin featuring Jefferson's profile must have the (nonexistent) spirit in (a nonexistent) heaven of the poor guy spitting mad.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Saturday, 1 October 2005 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

I figured it was some quote, but what a fucking crap quote.

It was the 1805 equivalent of "OMG!"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 1 October 2005 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

I have learned on another board that the actual quote from the journal is spelled "Ocian" and was written before they were actually in sight of the ocian.

Which for me at least, turns the quote from fucking crap to fucking awesome. That's a lot of revisionism for just 5 ¢ !

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Saturday, 1 October 2005 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

History is bunk.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 1 October 2005 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

Oy, Ocean in View! Oy, The Joy! You never take me to see the ocean...Oy!

― Wiggy (Wiggy), Saturday, 1 October 2005 18:18 (nineteen years ago)

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9754/2005nickelsealine0gw.jpg

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Saturday, 1 October 2005 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

how come they have to advertise money?

― keyth (keyth), Saturday, 1 October 2005 23:50 (nineteen years ago)

Coins are occasionally beautiful, but are universally political.

US coins have not been beautiful since the Roosevelt dime replaced the Mercury head dime, the Jefferson nickel replaced the Indian head nickel and the Washington quarter replaced the standing Liberty quarter. The political message on US coins used to be about ideals, which easily lend themselves to beautiful representation. Now it's all about politicians and official history - banality personified.

― Aimless (Aimless), Saturday, 1 October 2005 23:54 (nineteen years ago)

I peeked ahead at proposed quarter designs for western states, and they were uniformly awful -- a disturbing number seemed to be proposed by bizarre interest groups, like people strangely intent on commemorating the great mine-collapse disaster of 1852, or some such. I was most offended by Colorado and New Mexico, the two states with the best flag designs country, designs that would translate beautifully to a quarter -- why oh why did none of the proposed New Mexico coins just have a big fat zia on the back? Why wouldn't Colorado use something like the mountain outline on its license plates, or the sun-and-C on the flag? Bastards, all of them, and now Connecticut is going to win.

― nabiscothingy, Sunday, 2 October 2005 00:42 (nineteen years ago)

Aimless -

I dunno about coins not being beautiful anymore. Sure, they mostly suck, but I like the enlarged Jefferson profile (actually not quite a profile) pretty well, and I REALLY dig the buffalo on the back of the ones they released earlier this year.

Also, a few of the state quarters are pretty nice, although there are entirely too many boats and trees on 'em. The one for Texas is particularly awful, looking just like a shitkicker's belt buckle. But my fave is Vermont. It's got a fascinating natural rock formation (The Old Man of the Mountain) on it, plus their truly inspiring state motto, "Live Free or Die." Too damn bad the formation collapsed a couple years after making it onto the bling. I guess the answer was "die" after all.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Sunday, 2 October 2005 01:56 (nineteen years ago)

A lot of states seem to have compromised themselves into some boring arrangement of three obvious images -- like Florida, with (I think) a space shuttle and palm tree and something else obvious, or Illinois, with some farms and silos and then Chicago in the middle of it. People seem reluctant to (a) make choices and (b) actually put something non-representational on the damn things. At least Connecticut seems kinda logo-like, what with the isolated, symmetrical tree.

― nabiscothingy, Sunday, 2 October 2005 02:00 (nineteen years ago)

New Hampshire's quarter has the Old Man Of The Mountain. Vermont's has some guy with a bucket of sap.

― jim wentworth (wench), Sunday, 2 October 2005 02:10 (nineteen years ago)

My mistake. I thought it was just one state with two names.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Sunday, 2 October 2005 02:11 (nineteen years ago)

Jesus, Michigan didn't even get THAT creative, they just went with a STATE MAP. Because apparently we have absolutely nothing more proud and/or memorable going for us.

Twould have been far, FAR better had they used a chunky knitted mitten, preferably one with stripes and the little string that goes around the back of your coat.

― Laurel, Sunday, 2 October 2005 02:15 (nineteen years ago)

Or an abandoned auto factory!

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Sunday, 2 October 2005 02:19 (nineteen years ago)

it all about the mitten. you should be proud. i mean it.

xpost

― sunny successor (he hates my guts, we had a fight) (katharine), Sunday, 2 October 2005 02:25 (nineteen years ago)

An Edsel! Going to war over the Ohio Strip! The entire history of the Christian Reformed church! With so much to choose from, who needs enemies?

― Laurel, Sunday, 2 October 2005 02:25 (nineteen years ago)

Colorado and Wyoming should have tried the map thing.

― jim wentworth (wench), Sunday, 2 October 2005 02:27 (nineteen years ago)

The map thing is way played out. Something like a half of the designs incorporate a map. Although I do like the idea of just the square outline. "It's a Mondrian."

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Sunday, 2 October 2005 02:43 (nineteen years ago)

five months pass...

Nevada is available. HORSIES!

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Monday, 13 March 2006 13:30 (nineteen years ago)

I was really hoping for a slot machine, but oh well.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Monday, 13 March 2006 13:31 (nineteen years ago)

Also, how 'bout the new tenner?

Kinda bruised looking if you ask me.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Monday, 13 March 2006 13:35 (nineteen years ago)

I also like that it can be used as a microscope slide.

― Dave NSFW (dave225.3), Monday, 13 March 2006 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

Why couldn't the Nevada coins be like their license plates?

http://www.motherjones.com/news/exhibit/2002/09/101_02_350x194.gif

― The Equator Lounge (Chris Barrus), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

That Nevada quarter is one of the best ones yet.

I'm about ready for these promotions to end. Everytime I stare at my handfull of change while walking away from the counter, I think that the cashier is thinking that I'm checking to see if she shortchanged me.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 13 March 2006 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

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