It engaged a private firm to study the six current denominations of U.S. coinage, and make recommendations.
The Queen's head will remain, as will the current colours for the different denominations.
Moreover, the continuing economic crisis in Europe has diminished the popularity of the euro even though it has the advantage of coming in 500-euro denominations, about $645 at current exchange rates, making it more compact and convenient for large cash transactions.
Denomination by denomination, the severity of the current downturn does vary.
Its partner in the alliance, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has suffered a milder decline, to 5.1 million in 1998 from 5.2 million in 1987, the year that three Lutheran denominations merged to form the current church.
However, with an estimated two thirds of all current chaplains affiliated with evangelical and Pentecostal denominations, which often prioritize conversion and evangelizing, and a marked decline in chaplains from Catholic and mainstream Protestant churches, this ideal is suffering.
The presidents of Fuller, Trinity, Gordon-Conwell, Dallas, and Asbury theological seminaries aren't there, nor are the current presidents or executive directors of any evangelical denomination.
Instead, we urge all the people of Iraq, whatever their religious denominations, to unite to overcome the current threats and challenges facing the country.
In a denomination whose racial demographics are greatly misaligned with current and future population trends of this country, the faculty and enrollment at all of our institutions more closely resemble the present and future racial dynamics of this country.
The Presbyterian church – the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland – said it also opposed an easing of the current law, saying it was "content" with current provisions which permit abortion only when the mother's life or mental stability is at risk.
