What has the Gov't done to our nickel?

fivecents · November 7, 2003 9:58AM

I agree it is time for a design change for the Jefferson nickel, But why did they choose the indian peace medal design? Isn't that a slap in the face of the native American indians? I thought the American Gov't broke every treaty they made with the indians.

Why are we still keeping Thomas Jefferson on the nickel for the design change? I think it is time we moved on.

dollardude · November 7, 2003 10:44AM

I agree that any change is a good thing on such an old design. The U.S. Mint should have come up with a totally new design. I always say that most decisions are either economically or politically motivated, but I haven't quite figured out how either one of these things plays into this decision!

airplanenut · November 7, 2003 11:15AM

Why, they've made a sucky design suckier

Baley · November 7, 2003 11:58AM

BRING BACK THE SHIELD NICKEL!!

mercurynut · November 7, 2003 11:58AM

We live in a "PC" sensitive world....so the minority will rule the majority and it sucks.

OneThinDime · November 7, 2003 1:21PM

I sort of like the compromise. Keeping Jefferson there while giving the nod to one of his crowning achievements - aside from the Declaration . . .

mrcommem · November 7, 2003 1:26PM

It is time for the Mint to change designs on the cent, the dime and the half dollar. They don't need any Congressional approval since the designs are 25 years. All they need to do is to keep their mouths shut and do it. The problem is as soon as the design process gets in the press we get into all of this politically correct crap and the coin never gets changed. It only takes the Director of the Mint to get some guts and get the changes made.

paulheep · November 7, 2003 2:26PM

What ever happened to the idea of bring back the Buffalo nickel for a year or two......?

Paul

TommyB · November 7, 2003 2:29PM

It's ugly. I think uglier than any of the state quarters, except maybe New Hampshire. I have complete set of nice Jeffersons, and believe me, I don't want to put this piece of crap anywhere near them.

Skipper53 · November 7, 2003 7:37PM

Thomas Jefferson on the nickel is OK by me.
He was, after all , the author of the Declaration of Independance.

How about something current for the reverse, like the Twin Towers,
and " Remember 9/11" or " United WE Stand ".

Might sent the terrorists ( and the rest of the world ) a message !

Skipper

MacCoin · November 7, 2003 7:47PM

we have had over 65 year of Monticello Jeffs its time for a change. any change will do. but I would like to see something new. Making commemorives out of buff nickel and commemortive designs on Jeff. its all to much for me.

smprfi · November 7, 2003 8:29PM

HERE,HERE Baley.

fivecents · November 7, 2003 9:40PM

<< <i>BRING BACK THE SHIELD NICKEL!! >>

I love that design, but I think that is a move backwards. America has alot of talented artists. We should be able to come up with a brand new CLASSIC design in 2004 without copying the past. The shield nickel has had it's run.

ksteelheader · November 7, 2003 9:46PM

You have all probably heard the saying " You can't please all of the people all of the time." Well, it don't matter what they do to change coinage designs, this will always be the case.....Ken

Conder101 · November 8, 2003 7:13PM

<< <i>only takes the Director of the Mint to get some guts and get the changes made. >>

Not the Director of the Mint, he doesn't have that authority. It is the Secretary of the Treasury who has the power to change the designs that are over 25 years old without the approval of Congress. This may be one of the reasons why we can't get design changes. No one ever seems to be able to remember who has the power and we keep complaining about the Mint Director or lobbying Congress instead of concentrating on the ONE person who can accomplish it. Lloyd Benson would have been the perfect one that shold have been "worked" on. When he resigned as Secretary he was also resigning from politics and would no longer have had a constituancey to have to answer to.

291fifth · November 8, 2003 10:03PM

It's not our nickel. It is owned by the state of Virginia.

What has the Gov't done to our nickel?

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