[Freedom4US]

"People don’t want a pocket full of heavy coins.."

Well, people don't want a pocket full of heavy coins that won't hardly buy anything. Agree with that! The nickel and the cent, at one time had quite a bit of purchasing power. I don't know what the denomination of the Euro coins are, tho I remember there was a 5 Mark coin in Germany when stationed there, and a pocketful of those went a long way.

The IGWT motto was first put on coinage around the time of CW. It wasn't required by act of congress until much later. The irony here is that so many inscriptions are now required by law to be on the coinage, there isn't hardly room for anything else. Bought a stepladder lately? That's why edge engraving is being utilized, it leaves a bit more room for the design. The $5 $10 and $20 coins of the early 1900s didn't have the IGWT motto, because then-president T. Roosevelt had a different view - he thought that, since money might be used for immoral purposes, that the motto didn't have a place on the currency or, money. These are worth a bit more to hobby coin collectors, as later congress acted and required the IGWT motto be re-installed. Hm.

[itsahoot]

That's why edge engraving is being utilized, it leaves a bit more room for the design.

It was put there after they "Mistakenly" minted a few without it. They got blindsided by the outrage, then they added it. I don't care what Snopes says.