Replacement Of People On Our Coins

I always thought Teddy Roosevelt with his spectacles would make a good coin or FDR with his cigarette clinched between his teeth.

I have to agree with Raymo.

These are very popular icons of Americana and I think the public likes it too much.

Consider this, the 1932 issue of the Washington quarter was only intended to be a one year commemorative. However it was so popular that the Standing Liberty quarter never returned and now that coin has morphed into a series of circulating commemoratives starting with the 1975 & 19756 issues of the BiCentennial Quarter and then the States Quarters, DC & Territories and now the America the Beautiful Quarters. I for one want to see the original reverse.

The Jefferson nickle isn't going anywhere anytime soon. By act of Congress it is to be minted for 150 years and it required an act of Congress to permit the reverse designs for the Westward Journey series because the "Return to Monticello" was dictated in the original act of Congress which was enacted so the Jefferson nickle was really a promotional tool for Monticello.

Kennedy is on a "circulating" coin since 1964 although no one uses them and the mint hasn't been releasing them into circulation since 2000. But there are some making the rounds, as are a few Eisenhower dollars clanging around.

Now, I do think there is a case for creating a $2 coin and I think Reagan would be a good candidate for that. For many reasons we need to kill the $1 bill and replace it with the billions of $1 coins and a $2 coin makes that all the more feasible since it cuts down on the number of coins.
It could also stop the movement among some GOP members of Congress who want to replace Grant with Reagan on the $50 bill!

I created a separate topic (A $2 coin for Ronald Reagan) for anyone who wants to weigh in on that matter, but I am all for keeping what we have now except for special commemorative issues