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United States
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No flags, sicken and tired of all of these series coins. I'm with jbuck for the return of liberty.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I've been in the minority ever since the Presidential series was first suggested. As a former history teacher, I like them. Thing is, the mint (Government) is not going to change a thing just because collectors want such things as liberty and flags on our coinage. Coins such as Statehood Quarters and Presidential dollars are a huge money making proposition. That's what's important.  |
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United States
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when a supermodel becomes president and eventually dies, she'll have my full support of having her on a circulating coin. =]
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Germany
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Personally I think the coins are symbolic of america. It started off as a country built on freedom, liberty and all these other great things but has become a country where other things seem to matter more, where people support war for no good reason, many people worry more about money than other things.
You have a religious statement on your coins, yet the First Amendment says that government is supposed to be free from religion, so an atheist has to put up with seeing the word "God" every day.
You have presidents, who were supposed to be men of good standing, elected by the legislature so they did not become involved in a big popularity contest, even though Hilary Clinton et al. seem to think that that is all it is.
So I am not too sure whether getting rid of presidents who are not, as was claimed, people who would not wish to see their portraits on coins, maybe those prior to WW2 wouldn't have wished this, but post WW2 those who win do so because they want to be popular.
In an ideal world it would be those things that america was built on, but is that really america any more?
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United States
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How about US landmarks? ie.. Cent could have Hoover Dam, Nickel could have whatever... Famous US.. landmarks. Set a limit on x many years, say 20. Then maybe we could put something that Americans really believe in. Like a whiney baseball player that makes 250 million dollars.. ARGHHHHH..... OR how about each state could have its own. I am in Michigan., we could have a cent with the mackinaw bridge the nickel could have a lightbulb that says, if your the last to leave turn it off, a dime with an unemployement office, quarter could have highway construction cones, halve could have a picture of the Canadian Flag (our lovely govenor is a Canadian) and the dollar could have Vacant buildings with boarded up windows.
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United States
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Edited by yechi7
01/24/2008 10:19 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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7, you have to sell me the Alfred coin. Jim  |
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United States
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United States
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I emailed the seller, asking how many of these Alfred E. Newman coins he has.
His response: "I have 1 right now, however I can get about 10 more - where this 88 year old gets them it beyond me, he will not tell me, so I get them off of him. I offer $20 once just to tell me, but he stated that was his secret. He will die soon and the secret will die with him."
So, they may be a limited amount.
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United States
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BTW, I just came across this on another website: "Martin Van Buren kinda looks like Larry Fine, making him our stoogiest president."  Or this:  |
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United States
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Nothing lasts forever...even dead presidents. Of course, that doesn't tell you just WHEN we'll get new designs on our coins...or if we'll like those new designs any better than the current ones. It may be that coins and currency disappear from daily commerce (replaced by some credit/debit card or whatever) before we get those new designs. The digital world is taking over everywhere, it seems.
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United States
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It may be that coins and currency disappear from daily commerce (replaced by some credit/debit card or whatever) before we get those new designs.
You mean I can't pay by check anymore?  |
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United States
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And even if I pay with a credit card, I still need my driver's license for ID  |
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United States
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Nothing lasts forever...even dead presidents. Of course, that doesn't tell you just WHEN we'll get new designs on our coins...or if we'll like those new designs any better than the current ones....
Dead Presidents will last as olng as Republicans and Democrats are in power. Once our system opens up to be a multi-party nation you will see the demise of the FDR (Dems) and Lincoln (GOP). Washngton adn Jefferson might be with us for a bit longer (due to universal respect) and Kennedy too might survive, though that is doubtful--The halve already is hardly used and, to use a tired expression, the kids today don't even know a thing about the man. He is seen as an icon of "hippie" generation and never given a second thought. --Gary |
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Posted 01/24/2008 12:52 am
