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Valued Member
United States
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Considering the Barber went 24 years, the Mercury 29 years, and the Roosevelt 61 years to date, a change should spark some interest.
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Moderator
 United States
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Actually I think that all our coins need a face lift.
Ron
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A change to the Roosevelt dime would be welcomed from my perspective. It's not that I don't like the current design its just that it is getting a little stale since it is the longest continuous obverse/reverse design of U.S. coins today. Though I'm not sure I'd welcome another commem program so I'd prefer a permanent new design. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I also would like to see a portrait change on the obverse and reverse of the dime. I think Roosevelt belongs on the dime, just a different pose. The reverse of the dime is boring. even if the mint changed the reverse, it would improve the appearance of the dime. The problem I see with the dime is its size. Unfortunately its such a small coin to work with.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Why not put the other Roosevelt on there and change the reverse, like a bear, old faithful, or something to do with his conservation programs.
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New Member
United States
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The other coins have a change I no reason why the "Rosie Dime"won't except for the "March of Dimes cause, "ABE" comes in 09 and so on.The profile will be not "Lets Face IT" will.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Actually I think that all our coins need a face lift.
No kidding !!! I quite agree. Let's get dead presidents off of ALL our coinage, with the possible exception of the occasional commemorative.  |
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Forum Mom
United States
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I think the dime definitely needs to be changed. I'd like to see a nice Liberty figure or maybe an eagle on the obverse and a flag or something on the reverse. I'd like to see something completely different than what we've been looking at.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is slightly off-topic, but it shows just how little attention most people pay to their coins. A few years ago at work we decided to do a totally unscientific poll of random customers. We asked people to tell us who was on the dime- without checking their change. I'd say only one out of five people knew who it was. A lot of people said Teddy Roosevelt, so I guess they were half right...  Most everyone knew Washington was on the quarter, and Lincoln was on the cent, and about half the people knew Jefferson was on the nickel. Guess the dime just gets ignored!  Do I think the dime needs a makeover- you bet! I don't know how many people would notice though.  Rachel  Edited by Kyra
02/27/2007 7:25 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Susan, I like the way you think!
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Pillar of the Community
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Rest in Peace
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Forum Mom
United States
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Changing the designs of the coins and removing the people depicted on them does not belittle any of them. They have been honored on our coinage for a very long time and with good reason. I guess I feel that since we now have the Presidential dollar series, how about spicing up our other circulating coinage with completely different designs. I, for one, would like to see coins that don't depict a person at all for a while. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I want to see american symbols, animals, liberties and the like. Enough with dead people already.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Gary, I agree with you 100%. Roosevelt was one of the most important presidents. If anyone needs to stay on a coin, its FDR.
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Posted 02/24/2007 02:37 am
