Noticed today that they've changed the penny. If you haven't seen it, it might be worth a quick glance.

I think it's really quite good -- a nice 3/4 rendition of a log cabin, several layers, some nice detail work on the ends of the beams and pile of wood. Stylistically, the decision to include the ground and incise the "E Pluribus Unum" into it lends the coin a bit of a rustic look that works well with the log cabin motif. I also kind of like that they've updated their fonts a little -- sans-serif all the way, with the "ONE CENT" markedly bolder. It's not a huge change, but I approve of that sort of little shift, just for change's sake. I do think the Lincoln Memorial was better, but not so much as to make me outraged or even unhappy at the change.

I'm grateful, though, that they didn't change the profile of Lincoln. That profile might be as good as anything the mint has ever put out -- it has an almost Roman quality -- and it would have been a travesty if it were replaced by something like the "zombie Adams" on the new (at least new-ish) nickels.