If you had the chance to design the coins for your country, what would they look like? Look at the coins in your pocket and ask yourself the following:

• What do the coins you see tell you about their designers?
• What might have been some other choices to put on these coins?
• Do you like the way these coins look? Why, or why not?
• How do you think these coins were made?

People who study coins are called numismatists. List five things numismatists look for in a coin. Find some wonderful information about coins and coin collecting on the World Wide Web.