US Cent, 2010

[Prosit]

I have yet to find a 2010 US Cent in circulation but then I am not exactly centrally located    I think it is an interesting design.
Dale

[Ukrainii Pyat]

I have gotten several of them over the past couple of months.  I turn around and take them back to the bank where they belong. 

[Prosit]

   Actually they shouldn't even be making these but that is a long standing discussion.

Dale

I have gotten several of them over the past couple of months.  I turn around and take them back to the bank where they belong. 

[chrisild]

Got one in early June, somewhere in Southern California. Well, "got" is not quite right - I noticed one in a penny tray. So even though I paid using plastic, I just had to grab it, hehe. The design I find a little bland, but heck, why waste much design efforts on pennies ...

Christian

[Figleaf]

What is it that keeps Americans from putting the denomination in numbers on any of their coins for something like the last 100 years? It would help people whose first language is not English...

Peter

[Prosit]

Well, most all of the US coins are bland but this design, to me, having a simplified reverse over most earlier issues is a nice change.  I like the uncluttered aspect of it.

Dale

[Prosit]

I have read extensively about US coins as I did collect them for more years that I like to admit.  I don't recall that issue ever being discussed in literature.  Surely the powers that be considered it many times.  I too would like to know why it was decided against.

Dale

What is it that keeps Americans from putting the denomination in numbers on any of their coins for something like the last 100 years? It would help people whose first language is not English...

Peter

[chrisild]

What is it that keeps Americans from putting the denomination in numbers on any of their coins for something like the last 100 years? It would help people whose first language is not English...

People who live in the US will most probably understand what "one", "five", etc. means.   Visitors from other countries can probably deal with that too. The British do not use digits to indicate the value of their coins (of the current series) either, for example. Some Central/South American countries prefer such verbose coins (in Spanish) too ...

What I find odd about the US system is not primarily the unwillingness to use numbers, but the different "names". One Cent, fine. Five Cents, fine. And then? "One Dime" instead of "Ten Cents" - and let's make it small to confuse visitors even more*. And "Quarter Dollar" instead of "Twenty Five Cents". The Half Dollar we can leave out here, and then we have, huh? the "$1" coin. Maybe that is why the coin is not actually used, hehe.

* Yes, once upon a time the circulation dime was a silver piece, I know. But I am "talking" about the clad dime that has been in use for the past, umm, almost 50 years ...

Christian

[andyg]

Five cents I always thought to be a Nickel... despite the fact that the silver went out from the rest of the series many years ago.

[constanius]

Well, most all of the US coins are bland but this design, to me, having a simplified reverse over most earlier issues is a nice change.  I like the uncluttered aspect of it.

Dale

Ditto

[Ukrainii Pyat]

Numeric and Roman numerals have been on USA coinage in the past, never with the cent though and not in the 20 century either until the new dollar coins that are currently out were released.  Shield nickels, nickel three cent, silver three cent, two cent pieces all had a numeral or Roman numeral on them as did the Liberty nickel of 1883-1913.

I do not agree that numerals need to be on coins either, even though in my family we do not speak English as a unique language we speak it well and understand it on banknotes and coins.

[Prosit]

I too do not agree that coins should have numerals (I can go either way depending on the design) but wonder why they have been decided against.

Dale

...I do not agree that numerals need to be on coins either, even though in my family we do not speak English as a unique language we speak it well and understand it on banknotes and coins.

[translateltd]

I have yet to find a 2010 US Cent in circulation but then I am not exactly centrally located    I think it is an interesting design.
Dale

The O in "OF" is too big ...

And yes, I would expect most language learners to pick up the numbers in their first lesson, or thereabouts :-)

[chrisild]

No, coins do not "have" to indicate their values with digits. Similarly, all coin denominations may well have the same size and composition - after all, the material/s they are made from and their face value are unrelated. And of course paper money notes can all have the same size and color regardless of the denomination ...

Well, and then there is something called ease of use. May not be an important factor though if you have one "copper" coin only anyway, and basically just three different denominations.

Christian

[UK Decimal +]

No, coins do not "have" to indicate their values with digits. Similarly, all coin denominations may well have the same size ... ...
Christian

As I said, "Size doesn't matter".

Bill.