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There are already a few of these topics iirc, although I imagine you might have those posters blocked -- which, if that's the case, I admire your discipline.

I'm "meh" on the design and the choice was whatever. We've had the eagle replaced for a very long stretch of time, so it's not a big deal in that regard. The bigger issue is design changes encourage coin hoarding, meaning that more coins have to be printed that might otherwise be necessary.

argonautweakend posted...

I think having a coin with two portraits would look really, really awful. The quarter is still Washington's coin no matter what happens on the other side, so removing some portrait of Washington was likely never a real possibility.

I feel like one side should always remain the same just to keep the coins instantly recognizable. Where the tails side has changed a lot, it makes more sense to keep Washington consistent -- especially since he's the more significant element. When the news broke, I thought they were replacing Washington and my reaction was, "Well, that's fucking stupid," but upon realizing it was the other side, I stopped caring.