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Mike Rest in Peace United States 2884 Posts	Posted 06/29/2005 12:23 am The complete article is in "Coins in the News" New ideas were welcome in national affairs in the early 1900s, thanks in large measure to one larger-than-life individual: President Theodore Roosevelt. The restless, dynamic Roosevelt took a personal interest in virtually all aspects of the American scene including the nation's coinage and left his personal imprint on many areas. Roosevelt had persuaded the nation's foremost sculptor, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, to redesign the double eagle and eagle ($20 and $10 gold pieces) and had taken great pride when the two new coins debuted in 1907 to rave reviews. In 1908, he turned his attention to the two remaining gold coins, the half eagle and quarter eagle. Report this Post to the Staff

national dealer Pillar of the Community United States 2724 Posts	Posted 06/29/2005 09:21 am I would love to wake up and see this making headlines. A President speaking to the American public and stating "We will once again produce the most beautiful coins in the world." Maybe even showing some pics of different versions of Lady Liberty on all 6 coins. Report this Post to the Staff
toast Pillar of the Community Australia 1091 Posts	Posted 06/29/2005 09:40 am quote: Originally posted by national dealer A President speaking to the American public and stating "We will once again produce the most beautiful coins in the world." Maybe even showing some pics of different versions of Lady Liberty on all 6 coins. Keep dreaming Edited by toast 06/29/2005 09:41 am Report this Post to the Staff
zakgold Valued Member United States 382 Posts	Posted 06/29/2005 5:34 pm Remember...Lady Liberty has been deemed by the 3 women of the CCAC as "too political". I will not be attending the ANA meeting, but I understand the CCAC will be meeting there. I urge all rational, logical, and history loving numismatics that can attend this conference to "give them a peace of your mind." We live in a "politcally correct" world where all American values and traditions are being flushed down the crapper. After all, we don't want to offend the 2 or 3 people that may have their feelings hurt, do we? The woman on the CCAC need to get with it. Just because they probably can't dates doesn't mean our coins should suffer their fate. I long for the days of Teddy Roosevelt who basically told people to "shove it" if anybody disagreed with his policy. Regarding our country's coin designs, he lead first and never followed. Because of his leadership, America produced coins that still are collected and admired for their beauty and design. Almost 100 years later, we now produce politically correct coins like the Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea & Baby dollars that are basically laughed at throughout the coin community. Did we learn? No, we want to produce Presidential dollar coins similiar to the State Quarter program...knowing that placing presidents/real people on US coins was never the intention of our founding fathers. Oh boy...I can't wait for my Calvin Coolidge or James Buchanon dollar coin, can you? What happened to using Liberty? After all, it has been almost 60 years since she graced a circulated coin. Sorry...too politcal. Just like much of today's music is nothing more than a drum machine with a rhyme book (throw in some brilliant "yo...yo...yo" lyric song fillers wherever you wish), todays US coins need a kick in the rear-end which is exactly what Teddy did at the turn of the last century. Lead, follow or get out of the way. We would rather kiss-butt with the bleeding hearts of the world than stand up for what it right. I for one am standing and don't mind calling a "duck"...a "duck"!! Edited by zakgold 06/29/2005 8:12 pm Report this Post to the Staff
toast Pillar of the Community Australia 1091 Posts	Posted 06/30/2005 04:09 am LOL, Liberty is deemed too political, but putting POLITICANS and their wives on coins is NOT political, [:p] LOL, where is the logic. Look at Liberty on Mercury dime, That is not political it's beautiful. I'm curious if we will ever see the designs that the CCAC have rejected? Edited by toast 06/30/2005 04:10 am Report this Post to the Staff
robocp Valued Member United States 146 Posts	Posted 08/22/2005 01:41 am Someday maybe it will happen Report this Post to the Staff
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