Quarters

Quarters. I have said for quite a while that I would be willing to chair the committee to eliminate dimes, nickels and pennies, and round off to the nearest two bits: the quarter. Financial transactions could still reflect cents, or fractions thereof, if they want to. Lets face it, these little dimes, nickels and pennies are more annoying than they are worth. My plan,for a period of time you could turn them in for real money, then after a deadline, they would be history. There would be negatives, but the positives are stronger.

Ever since they started the State Quarter minting a few years ago, I am not so happy with the quarter either, to be honest. It is thinner, and just looks cheaper and tinny compared to the older ones, but times do change. Click the coin below to see images of all the states issued so far. I think it is surprising what some of the designs the states ended up with, but a lot are predictable.

New Hampshire has a particular problem. No sooner than the coin came out, the Old Man of the Mountain's face fell off. Really.
I haven't heard if they plan to reconstruct it.

Click for other state quarters.

Update: I don't know about you, but I see a new "Old Man" profile in the new rock face. He even has long flowing hair if you squint right. I propose thet they call him a little old and tired and laid back now, give him a ball cap and call it a new era.