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My "Famous Dogs" legislation rewritten
Bruce,
You said that you want to see "my" proposals, and not other people's, so, here goes. I rewrote the legislation, so that the half dollar stay the same size, but just a redesign of what is stamped on the coins. I'm sending this to NAMA, even is people do think its crazy. Oh, and I don't care if the letters go into the "circular file" because, at least, I can hear what they have to say, even if they just send a form letter. START Section 1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the "Famous Dogs Half Dollar Coin Act" Sec 2. Design and Issuance of Half Dollar Coins, Featuring Famous Dogs of U.S. History (a) Notwithstanding the Authority of the Secretary of the Treasury under the 8th undesignated paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, beginning in 2011, coins in the denomination of 50 cents, shall be redesigned, and have such designs, and shall be in such form and tenor as the Secretary may select in accordance with this section. (b) The "Famous Dogs Half Dollar Coin Act" shall be a 9 year program that shall feature four new obverses of the half dollar coin, honoring four different famous dogs per year, to honor dogs for serving man kind for tens of thousands of years, and shall honor and feature such fallen dogs as, fire, police, rescue, military and sled dogs who served or lost their lives, serving man kind, with Balto being the first to be honored. Each honored dog's name and breed, and the words "In God We Trust" shall be stamped into the obverse of these new half dollars, and shall border around the bottom of the "heads" of these new coins. (c) The reverse of the new half dollars shall feature three different designs per every three years of the program. The Gray Wolf shall be featured on the reverse of these new half dollars for the first three years. The Coyote shall be featured on the reverse of these new half dollars for second three years. And the North American Red Fox shall be featured on the reverse of these half dollars for the last three years. This will help us honor and respect both tame breed dogs and the wild ancestors that these dogs came from. "Gray Wolf " shall be stamped in the reverse design of the first three years, "Coyote" shall be stamped on the reverse design of the second three years, and "North American Red Fox" shall be stamped on the reverse design of the last three years, and shall border around the bottom of "tails" of these coins. (d) These new half dollar coins shall not include or feature dogs, that were famous for being in movies/shows/films, or for being a famous celebrity or presidential pet. The "Famous Dogs Half Dollar Coin Act" shall only honor dogs that were true life serving, life saving, real life heroes, with the exception of the wild dog ancestors of the dogs being featured on the reverse. Sec 3. After the "Famous Dogs" half dollar program ends, the half dollar coin shall revert back to the John F. Kennedy half dollar design. END The reason I redid the legslation, was because, someone said that changing the size and color of the half would result in the vending industry not taking me seriously. And I did look at all sizes of our current coins, and found that, there is really no good size to make the half, other than the size it is, because, the half would be too close to a nickel or quarter in size if they redesign it to be in between them, same with between the penny and dime, or the penny and the nickel, or the quarter and the dollar, so, I think that, athough a bit bulky, the half should stay the size it is. (But maybe be made out of a cheaper, lighter metal, to have less complaints about halves being too heavy, however, I have not put any metal composition change in my Famous Dogs legislation, nor do I plan to) By the way, did that stupid "National Parks" quarter series legislation pass? Tom |
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My "Famous Dogs" legislation rewritten
wrote in message ... Bruce, You said that you want to see "my" proposals, and not other people's, so, here goes. I rewrote the legislation, so that the half dollar stay the same size, but just a redesign of what is stamped on the coins. I'm sending this to NAMA, even is people do think its crazy. Oh, and I don't care if the letters go into the "circular file" because, at least, I can hear what they have to say, even if they just send a form letter. START Section 1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the "Famous Dogs Half Dollar Coin Act" Sec 2. Design and Issuance of Half Dollar Coins, Featuring Famous Dogs of U.S. History (a) Notwithstanding the Authority of the Secretary of the Treasury under the 8th undesignated paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, beginning in 2011, coins in the denomination of 50 cents, shall be redesigned, and have such designs, and shall be in such form and tenor as the Secretary may select in accordance with this section. (b) The "Famous Dogs Half Dollar Coin Act" shall be a 9 year program that shall feature four new obverses of the half dollar coin, honoring four different famous dogs per year, to honor dogs for serving man kind for tens of thousands of years, and shall honor and feature such fallen dogs as, fire, police, rescue, military and sled dogs who served or lost their lives, serving man kind, with Balto being the first to be honored. Each honored dog's name and breed, and the words "In God We Trust" shall be stamped into the obverse of these new half dollars, and shall border around the bottom of the "heads" of these new coins. (c) The reverse of the new half dollars shall feature three different designs per every three years of the program. The Gray Wolf shall be featured on the reverse of these new half dollars for the first three years. The Coyote shall be featured on the reverse of these new half dollars for second three years. And the North American Red Fox shall be featured on the reverse of these half dollars for the last three years. This will help us honor and respect both tame breed dogs and the wild ancestors that these dogs came from. "Gray Wolf " shall be stamped in the reverse design of the first three years, "Coyote" shall be stamped on the reverse design of the second three years, and "North American Red Fox" shall be stamped on the reverse design of the last three years, and shall border around the bottom of "tails" of these coins. (d) These new half dollar coins shall not include or feature dogs, that were famous for being in movies/shows/films, or for being a famous celebrity or presidential pet. The "Famous Dogs Half Dollar Coin Act" shall only honor dogs that were true life serving, life saving, real life heroes, with the exception of the wild dog ancestors of the dogs being featured on the reverse. Sec 3. After the "Famous Dogs" half dollar program ends, the half dollar coin shall revert back to the John F. Kennedy half dollar design. END The reason I redid the legslation, was because, someone said that changing the size and color of the half would result in the vending industry not taking me seriously. And I did look at all sizes of our current coins, and found that, there is really no good size to make the half, other than the size it is, because, the half would be too close to a nickel or quarter in size if they redesign it to be in between them, same with between the penny and dime, or the penny and the nickel, or the quarter and the dollar, so, I think that, athough a bit bulky, the half should stay the size it is. (But maybe be made out of a cheaper, lighter metal, to have less complaints about halves being too heavy, however, I have not put any metal composition change in my Famous Dogs legislation, nor do I plan to) By the way, did that stupid "National Parks" quarter series legislation pass? Pretty impressive piece of "legislation". Hope you don't get scolded for trying to take some staffer's job away. I wonder though how Congress would feel about prematurely replacing JFK with dogs. You might have suggested leaving JFK on the obverse with a series of commemorative dog reverses, like we have done with the modified cents, nickels, and quarters. Who would have dared propose replacing Washington on the quarter with guitars, cheese, and Indy cars? And yes, the Natonal Parks quarter proposal has apparently passed. |
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My "Famous Dogs" legislation rewritten
How about a famous Presidential Conquests commemorative series, ala Marilyn
Monroe, Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp, Paula Jones? |
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My "Famous Dogs" legislation rewritten
"Bob Golden" wrote in message ... How about a famous Presidential Conquests commemorative series, ala Marilyn Monroe, Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp, Paula Jones? The Mint seems to have a problem striking high relief coin designs. |
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My "Famous Dogs" legislation rewritten
It there are any persons missing from that list I'm sure that the politician
concerned would be only to happy to supply the name, or names, or perhaps not. Billy "Bob Golden" wrote in message ... How about a famous Presidential Conquests commemorative series, ala Marilyn Monroe, Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp, Paula Jones? |
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My "Famous Dogs" legislation rewritten
"Bruce Remick" wrote in message ... "Bob Golden" wrote in message ... How about a famous Presidential Conquests commemorative series, ala Marilyn Monroe, Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp, Paula Jones? The Mint seems to have a problem striking high relief coin designs. The series could be, " Flat Chested Presidential Conquests", if striking in high relief is a problem, it may be a very short series however. Billy |
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