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"Wheeler" wrote in message ... Mark wrote: On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 11:24:54 -0500, Wheeler wrote: http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/08/news...lton/index.htm Did anyone take the poll ? I found the results surprising - unless people from this group are the only ones voting ! On what currency should Ronald Reagan's image be placed: Dime - 7% $10 Bill - 24% $20 Bill - 10% Other - 5% None - 54% Well the numbers have been getting higher since this morning. I still do not believe that there are 54% that does not want to see his face on the money though, unless it is people that is going by what Nancy had to say about it. Not even on this newsgroup! But I guess that they (the 54%) have been listening to JAM & a few others from this newsgroup... As in "No more dead presidents on any of our money would be refreshing.". I still contend that most US citizens couldn't care less and would not go out of their way to voice an opinion about who is on our coins or currency. The survey's 54% probably reflects this somewhat, and the other respondents likely selected something only when the question was posed to them and otherwise would not have cared one way or another. The only ones who seem to get emotional about changing images on our money are collectors like us, politicians (when they think their constituents are watching), and the media (whne they think they can stir some controversy). If change is inevitable, I would have to side with the "no more dead presidents" crowd on this issue. I still salivate over the beauty of some of our early bank notes that I will never be able to afford. Bruce |
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Barney wrote:
"Fred Shecter" wrote in : if they don't do the Presidential series, then I say put Ronnie on the GD ASAP. Neat idea, however I'm about to make a post that would make better (at least to me) use of Regan's image. My fear about putting Regan's image on the dollar would be like what happened to the half dollar when a certain president's image who was shot to death was put on that coin. Death to the half dollar as no one wanted to spend it as the image was too valuable to depart or acually use. Many things are different today, still it makes me think what could happen, Barney I still believe that what really did in the Half Dollar as a 'workhorse' coin was not making them out of 75% Cu/25% Ni/clad like the Quarter and Dime were in 1965. -- ___________________________________________ ____ _______________ Regards, | |\ ____ | | | | |\ Michael G. Koerner May they | | | | | | rise again! Appleton, Wisconsin USA | | | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | _______________ |
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Bruce Remick wrote:
I still contend that most US citizens couldn't care less and would not go out of their way to voice an opinion about who is on our coins or currency. Most US citizens haven't a clue who is on our coins. Try it sometime -- ask a non-numismatist who is on the nickel or the dime. Most will just 'fess up and say they don't know, a few will guess wrong, and very few will guess correctly. -- Bob |
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Wheeler wrote
http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/08/news...lton/index.htm I can understand why the Democrats would prefer Alexander Hamilton to Ronald Reagan: strong government, government favors to selected businesses, public debt to finance a central bank, armed troops arresting tax protesters, a "Coast Guard" (so-called) to interfer with free trade, yes, I can understand what Democrats see in Alexander Hamilton that they cannot find in Reagan. Some people seem not to like Andrew Jackson. I think that Jackson embodied the same kinds of ideals in teh America of his time as Ronald Reagan did for ours. I voted on the CNN site for putting Reagan on the $10. Michael "... a little rebellion..." |
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"Bob Flaminio" wrote in message ... Bruce Remick wrote: I still contend that most US citizens couldn't care less and would not go out of their way to voice an opinion about who is on our coins or currency. Most US citizens haven't a clue who is on our coins. Try it sometime -- ask a non-numismatist who is on the nickel or the dime. Most will just 'fess up and say they don't know, a few will guess wrong, and very few will guess correctly. -- Bob I've done that, Bob, and posted the results several times here. Sad, but you're right about the answers. Most often, people could not describe what was on the reverse of our individual coins. If I wasn't a collector, I probably would fare about the same. (I'd be embarassed to take a civics test.) Different things register with different people. As long as our coins and bills remain vaguely familiar and of the same size and general appearance, the average Joe or Jane will be happy. Who is featured on them (and who isn't) simply doesn't rank among the issues that folks are emotional about. I'm a Virginia resident and have *never* heard an opinion or discussion from a non-collecting state resident about the notion that Jefferson or Monticello might be removed from the nickel. Most don't have a clue that a change has been proposed, and those few who are aware of it see no big deal one way or another. Jefferson was a Virginian. Fine. It's an honor he was chosen as a subject on our coins and currency. If it is decided that someone else deserves a shot at coin-dom, 99.9% of Virginians would not care, whether they noticed or not. Bruce |
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At most, a commemorative dollar should be issued. How about putting him on the
deuce? eric l. |
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Reagan on the $2? Might be a good idea because maybe they would redesign both
sides on the $2. Tom |
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