Captain America on new US penny.

[scotpens]

I'm surprised they're still minting pennies at all. I mean, what can you buy for a penny these days? Pennies are more trouble than they're worth. They just wear a hole in your pocket. I don't see why prices couldn't be rounded to the nearest nickel and pennies withdrawn from circulation.

 

[RJDiogenes]

When Captain America throws his mighty shield, all those who chose to oppose his shield must yield.

I'm still convinced that was written by Bob Dylan....

 

[Venardhi]

I'm surprised they're still minting pennies at all. I mean, what can you buy for a penny these days? Pennies are more trouble than they're worth. They just wear a hole in your pocket. I don't see why prices couldn't be rounded to the nearest nickel and pennies withdrawn from circulation.

Blame Illinois.

 

[RoJoHen]

They replaced Lincoln?

He's still on the front.

I tell you though, having a shield blocking the back of his head really could have come in handy 145 years ago.

What? Too soon?

Too late.

 

[Bloodwhiner]

penny's already cost more to make than they are worth.. there are a bajillion in circulation... why even make more?

 

[Squiggy]

penny's already cost more to make than they are worth.. there are a bajillion in circulation... why even make more?

It's the law. Granted said law makes no sense, but it's the law.

 

[RJDiogenes]

They should stop making them. Then they'd be worth more than they're worth. Er... yeah.

 

[Trekker4747]

I'm surprised they're still minting pennies at all. I mean, what can you buy for a penny these days? Pennies are more trouble than they're worth. They just wear a hole in your pocket. I don't see why prices couldn't be rounded to the nearest nickel and pennies withdrawn from circulation.

Well, it'd be a way to boost the economy that way if everything gost 1-4 cents more.

When I saw the penny reverse the first thing that came to mind was the Interstate Highway System.

 

[Tim]

Well, not really, but I think his shield is on the back.

So what does this mean?

The shield motif isn't exactly new.

 

[bigdaddy]

Ugly!

They had dozens of designs and picked the ugliest one. It turned out that looked like Nazi money so they pick the second ugliest design!

Also as a coin collector you can't get rid of the penny, you don't want to piss off the collectors because they buy a roll of 50 cents for $.50 plus shipping!