Should Lady Liberty Come Back To Our Coinage?

She is on the back of 80% of them each year, yes.

still the same mythical person.

I think it's kind of a silly poll. Why everyone I've ever talked to says they just love that Roosevelt dime. And who would not really, really love that Jefferson nickel? AHH the beauty of that Washington quarter. And replace those with things like Liberty Walking?
On a serious note though. I always wonder what it would take to get our government to change back to coins we all love?

If we were to ever make a major change to our coin design it would have to be a return to Liberty or another neutral symbol. There is no post-JFK president that you could put on the coin that wouldn't upset a large percent of the population (yes even Reagan) and I don't think there are any pre-JFK presidents not already on our currency that people would be familiar enough with to justify replacing the ones already there. The controversy around the $10/$20 bill redesign also shows what happens when you try to put real people on the bills.

I honestly think one problem is that Presidents (and founding fathers) have been on our coins and currency for so long now that relatively few people are left who remember the days when anyone but those guys were on them (the little used dollar coins excepted). Enough so that a lot of people may not even be aware our coins used to look very different from today.

JB....
Agreed !

Klinger was just about the most politically incorrect man in tv history...lol
Klinger doesn't have the legs to pull it off though, but he gets an "A" for the effort...

I also feel that Liberty designs would be better than the current state of US coin design. We Should also pick a design for a coin and stick with it for a number of years. This merry go round of a different reverse every year gets old real quick. While a few of the new reverse designs have been intriguing, most have been rather boring or unimaginative.