Grover Cleveland Presidential Dollar

quote Sagan: "It's in the law passed that he gets two coins, it was Congress that made the descion, not the mint. :)"

So it's Congress making all these fine decisions, hmmm. Do they have a special comittee or what? Does anybody know who runs it?

Sounds like the right thing to do since he had those non consecutive terms. Since these coins are supposed to be educational, that would have to be the only way to properly indicate that. However, as with all of us, we get older and change so they really should have a completely different image on the coin for him. Since there may not be a lot of accurate photos or painting of him anyway, the government could just put anything on the coin and say it was him anyway. A Mohawk haircut? HMMMM maybe the solution.

If Hillary gets elected, we'd get to see Bill on a First Spouse coin.

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I assume that a spouse will only be issued if the corresponding President qualifies

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I'd say that is probably true. Interestingly, if the president qualifies for their coin and the spouse is still alive they can still appear on their coin. While the legislation forbids a living president from appearing, it does NOT forbid a living First Spouse from being on a coin. Ladybird is now out of the running, Betty Ford still has a chance but she will be close to 100, Roseline Carter would be about 91, Nancy Reagan would be 96 or so, and Barbara Bush about 92. None of them have a good chance of seeing their coin. If something happens to Bill though, then Hillary does have a good chance of seeing hers. She'll only be about 73 or so. But Bill dying before he is 70 probably isn't real likely.

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But Bill dying before he is 70 probably isn't real likely.

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Some STDs are fatal.

Any member of Congress can propose a coinage bill and include anything into it. The bills are read and sent to the proper committee to be studied. They are usually rewitten several times to gain support and additional sponcers before they are voted on by the full house and if passed sent on the the Senate(or House if the bill is from the Senate) The Senate can do nothing and let it die, use the same bill or write their own version. If passed the two versions must be reconsiled and a final version must then pass both the house and senate before going on to the President. This is why most coinage bills die but that may be changing soon. Two bills, one each in the house and senate(HR 3330,S 1986), were introduced just before congress went to recess. These bills would give the Treasury Secretary the power to change the composition of American coinage. Its called "Coinage Materials Modernization Act of 2007'." and seems to be on the fast track to the Presidents desk.
I can see Canadian like plated steel coins in our future. Plus I predict that the huge savings will be sited in future bills that will give the Treasury More power over our coinage. (Eliminate the cent and maybe the one dollar bill?)