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I see a lot of good suggestions here! Congress is determined to give us an endless supply of commemorative coins for circulation... In the spirit of this topic, I will suggest they take a look at this list. Edited by jbuck
01/16/2009 2:33 pm
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Ronald Reagan
Teddy Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
Any of those would make a great change on current
circulating coins. Kennedy and FDR need to go...
For commems, I like some of the ideas already put forth.
MacArthur
Patton
Tesla
(Think of all the cool things you could do with
electric current designs on the face of a coin!)
What about Carl Sagan?
Wouldn't Jupiter look cool on a coin?
I don't like the idea of Henry Ford. I am into cars,
and I am pretty much a Ford man. However I know what
kind of thug he was. Yeah, he did some clever things
with production practices. But man, he was far beyond
just a 'shrewd' business man. He hired mercenaries to
keep his employees in their place, as just ONE example.
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jbuck, that is a great idea!
Do 4 quarters a year until all 1500+ are covered!
That'll keep the mint in the quarter business for
a real long time.
Did you look at the list?
I glanced over it and noticed Gunnery Sgt Daly...
He earned not just one, but TWO Medals of Honor!
Unreal! What a hero.
2nd Lt Hanneken earned his for assassination! Today that
would be against the Geneva Convention, therefore a war crime.
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OMG! I want this guy on a coin! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michae..._FitzmauriceHe saw 3 grenades thrown into his barracks, and threw 2 of them back out at the enemy, then threw his body on the remaining one to save his bunkmates. If that wasn't enough, after the explosion, he got back up and battled the enemy. He fought with his rifle until he took another grenade blast, destroying the gun! Then he fought hand to hand to obtain another firearm to fight with. And he's still alive today! This guy deserves to be on a coin even in life. I can't believe, looking down the list of names, how many guys earned the award by throwing themselves onto grenades to save their fellow soldiers. Makes you think. Edited by ratio411
01/16/2009 3:14 pm
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naah, bring back the allegorical figures for everyday coinage, keep real people for commemoratives.
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I agree with Peter Griffin....LOL!
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Richard Nixon, the whole coin could be crooked.  |
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Bring back Liberty in all her glory. Those were the days....
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Can't bring Liberty back until we have Liberty back.
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I think we should have a CIRCULATING commemorative (when's the last time we had those?) for each branch of the armed services.
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