Sorry, but THIS is what I feel should go on a U.S. $2 coin:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE
This Act may be cited as the "Famous Dogs $2 Coin Act"
SEC 2. DESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF BIMETALLIC $2 COINS FEATURING FAMOUS DOGS OF U.S. HISTORY
(a) Notwithstanding the Authority of the Secretary of the Treasury under the 8th undesignated paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, beginning in 2014, coins in the denomination of $2, shall be issued, and have such designs, and shall be in such form and tenor as the Secretary may select in accordance with this section.
(b) These new "Famous Dogs" $2 coins modeled after Canada's bimetallic $2 coin, a silver colored metal ring around a golden colored metal center, and shall be made small enough to work in vending machines and self checkout machines without having to modify the coin changer machines to take larger coins. The Canadian $2 coin shall be the prototype for the Famous Dogs $2 coins. These new $2 coins shall also fearture partially reeded sections, and partially smooth sections, just like the Canadian $2 coin, to help the blind denomination the new coin.
(c) The "Famous Dogs $2 Coin Act" shall be a 9 year program that shall feature four new obverses of the $2 coin, honoring four different famous dogs per year, to honor dogs for serving man kind for tens of thousands of years, and shall honor and feature such fallen dogs as, fire, police, rescue, military and sled dogs who served or lost their lives, serving man kind, with Balto being the first to be honored. Each honored dog's name and breed, and the words "In God We Trust" shall be stamped into the obverse of these $2 dollar coins, and shall border around the bottom of the "heads" side of these new coins. If the famous dog being honored is not a purebred "Mixed Breed" shall be stamped on the border of the coin.
(d) The reverse of the new $2 coins shall feature three different designs per every three years of the program. The Gray Wolf shall be featured on the reverse of these new half dollars for the first three years, to respect and honor the wild relatives that these dogs came from. And for wolves being the first dogs to serve man kind. "Gray Wolf" and "Two Dollars" shall be stamped on the bottom of the new coins and border the edge of the "tails" side of these new half dollar coins.
(e) The Coyote shall be featured on the reverse of these new $2 dollar coins for the second three years. This will help honor another wild dog relative that provided fur for clothing, bones for tools and jewelry and such to the Native Americans and were a part of Native American agriculture. "Coyote" and "Two Dollars" shall be stamped into the reverse of these new $2 coins, and shall border the bottom edge of the "tails" side of these new $2 coins.
(f) And the North American Red Fox shall be featured on the reverse of these new $2 coins for the last three years. This will help us honor and respect foxes as a dog relative that, like the Coyote, contributed to the Native Americans, providing fur for clothing, bones for tools, jewelry and such and were a part of Native American agriculture. "North American Red Fox" and "Two Dollars" shall be stamped on the reverse of these new $2 coins and shall border the bottom edge of such coins.
SEC 3. DISCLUSION OF "FALSE" FAMOUS DOGS
(a)These new $2 coins shall NOT include or feature dogs, that were famous for being in movies/shows/films, or for being a famous celebrity or presidential pet, etc.with the exception of Rin Tin Tin, who actually served as a real life hero war and police dog before becoming a celebrity dog. The "Famous Dogs $2 Coin Act" shall only honor dogs that were true life serving, life saving, real life heroes, with the exception of the wild dog ancestors of the dogs being featured on the reverse of such coins.
SEC 4. PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM
(a) Within a certain time, the general public, vending, self checkout and other coin-op industries shall be made aware of the new Famous Dogs $2 Coins' release date. Vendors and other industries shall be given time to retool their machines to accept the new "Famous Dogs" $2 coins, should they choose to do so. Public educational information materials shall also be provided to educate businesses, cashiers and consumers about the new $2 coins.
SEC 5. CONVERTING TO A PERMANENT DESIGN
After the "Famous Dogs" $2 coin program ends, the "post-Famous Dogs" $2 coin shall keep the same size, shape and compositions as the "Famous Dogs" $2 coins, and shall feature a famous human figure of U.S. history.
SEC 6. DESIGN RELEASE SCHEDULE:
Year: Dog (Obverse) Service Dog Ancestor (Reverse)
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2014 1 Balto Sled Dog Gray Wolf
2 Togo Sled Dog
3 Fritz Sled Dog
4 Fox Sled Dog
2015 5 Sye Sled Dog Gray Wolf
6 Old Moctoc Sled Dog
7 Tillie Sled Dog
8 Billy Sled Dog
2016 9 Alaska Slim Sled Dog Gray Wolf
10 Rin Tin Tin Military/Police Dog
11 Mattie Police Dog
12 Dolph Police Dog
2017 13 Rosie Police Dog Coyote
14 Wallace Fire Dog
15 Pat Fire Dog
16 Chips War Dog
2018 17 Lex War Dog Coyote
18 Sargent Stubby War Dog
19 Smoky War Dog
20 Sallie War Dog
2019 21 Nemo A534 War Dog Coyote
22 Bamse War Dog
23 Gander War Dog
24 Gunner War Dog
2020 25 Horrie the Wog Dog War Dog North American Red Fox
26 Judy War Dog
27 Just Nuisance War Dog
28 Lava War Dog
2021 29 Moustach War Dog North American Red Fox
30 Trigger (Orginally named after the "N-word" censored out) War Dog
31 Rifleman Khan War Dog
32 Rip War Dog
2022 33 Saba War Dog North American Red Fox
34 Sinbad War Dog
35 Tich War Dog
36 Rags War Dog
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We've had nameless bald eagles, buffalos, and such on our coins and currency before, and now its time for most people who have forgotten that "humans" are NOT the only species on this planet that matters, and I think we need to extend the immotalization onto a coin or bill, to man's closest best friend: the dog. I've found some pretty good choices for certain hero dogs that could go on these coins.
Oh, and why are so many people so bent on getting Lady Liberty back on our coins and currency? She's a ficional nobody, and, she's had her shot, so now its time to move on to newer, better designs. after all, I'd find Lady Liberty to be very boring to see on all denominations of our coins and currency. I would still rather have a failing John F.
Kennedy half and Thomas Jefferson $2 bill, than a widely successful Lady Liberty half and $2 bill. I wouldn't even want Lady Liberty $200, $500, and $1,000 bills, and thats pretty bad, coming from me.
Posted 08/03/2013 7:13 pm
