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Okay, I feel that dogs have served man kind very well for the purposes they have been used for, and some have lost their lives for, while serving man kind. I have also heard of rescue "cats" that were sent into the World Trade Center debris for survivors. I never knew cats could be trained that way. Then people here were talking about horses serving man kind. And the list goes on... So, because the quarter and $1 coins are constantly getting new series of programs stamped on them, I figure, why not make a half or $2 coin series honoring dogs first, then horses, then whatever other animal species that has served man kind in many good ways. And after all of the animals felt needed to be honored, put an important human figure on the obverse of the coin, and maybe some type of eagle design on the reverse, and put Kennedy back on the coin if they use the half for the program, instead of a $2 coin. Just my two "pennies"  |
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United States
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I might be inclined to collect such a series honoring canines.
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United States
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Oh, jeez, Fox, talk about beating the dead dogs to death, dude. No, ithe US Mint isn't going the way of Perth or the RCM anytime soon. You'd have better luck offshore getting a dogs/horses/cats series a.k.a. circus coins series commissioned through them than the US Mint. |
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Fox loves his half dollars. This will never change.
In my opinion, the only thing that could bring the half dollar back into circulation is the elimination of cents, nickels, and quarters.
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United States
606 Posts |
Or the elimination of the 1 dollar bill. LOL
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United States
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That will certainly help.  |
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Well, jbuck, you know I also mentioned a possible "$2 coin" but we'd have to eliminate the $2 bill as well. Edited by Fox
07/10/2015 01:00 am
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I would not complain if that happened.  Coins: dime, half, dollar, two dollar. Notes: five, ten, twenty, fifty, one hundred. I know you want to mention the two hundred, but I feel it is necessary.  |
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United States
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 with JBuck. In a few years the $5 bill can be replaced with a coin as well. |
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United States
1005 Posts |
I think it would be silly to put specific dogs on coins, but I'd be fine with a dog as a symbol or something. Then again, we already have the eagle as our animal so that might get confusing.
My vote is a return to symbolic liberty coinage. As much as I like animals on coins and love acquiring world coins with animals, I don't favor the US doing the same with our coinage.
Edited by llewellin
07/11/2015 12:33 pm
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United States
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I'd be all for some canine coins fox! I am so tired of coins that honor President's, political figures, and sports. I'd love to see some coins with canines on them (I'd love to see horses on some too :) ) If the mint ran a multi year run of different dogs, I'd buy em all. My two favorite modern commemoratives are the old mint and bald eagle commemoratives.
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jbuck, you left some meat on the bone again. For example, besides the $200 bill, at least the $500 bill, if not the $1,000 bill again, as well. And we have to agree with n9jig about the $5 coin. The $10 bill should be the lowest banknote. Also, as much as I'd want it, if I can withstand no 2 cent coin, I suppose I could go without the 20 cent coin and use four dimes, seeing as dimes are even lighter and easier to use than one cent coins, plus I'm used to four one cent coins already, so why not four dimes? Edited by Fox
07/11/2015 7:55 pm
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Fox thanks for reminding me to take the ham out of the oven, it could have burned without your analogy! (seriously)
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That's a good point Fox, it seems to make sense to just shift all denominations up by a factor of 10 and get rid of everything less than 10 cents.
Another alternative once advocated for in Canada would be to get rid of the cent and the nickel, and keep the quarter, etc. The twist is you would revalue the dime to 12.5 cents (1/8th of a dollar) overnight without any announcement beforehand. This surprise would prevent hoarding of dimes before the shift (except by government officials in the know).
Then you'd only need 3 dimes, not 4.
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My vote is a return to symbolic liberty coinage. +1, the problem with having actual (dead) people on coins is that the series never ends. People view it as a sign of disrespect to remove a person from a coin. It's almost like saying that they're not important anymore. It's best not to put them on the coin to begin with. Or, if someone is put on a coin, have a definite end date within the law which requires a change back to a symbolic liberty figure. |
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+1 to the symbolic liberty coinage as well. I'd love to see that over President's or other actually people on coins
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Posted 07/08/2015 5:58 pm
