Everyone's Thoughts on the New Ancient Coin?

Not sure if anybody else feels this way about it, and I may just be seeing this in the wrong way, but doesn't it like it got nerfed a bit?

For those who don't know: You get to play this coin pickup mini-game in bot lane where instead of earning gold passively for every minion you now get 20 gold or a % of mana in the form of a coin you have to go pickup.

Cons from what I've experienced: -coins dropped depend on the minions killed by allies -if you're melee and losing lane, you can't pick up your coin and it disappears :( -it feels like you get less gold when it might not always be the case

Pros: -You get more gold on assists -the level up elixir can be handy

I kinda felt disappointed on my first go with it, but maybe I just need more time with it. How do other people feel about this item now?