Ronald Reagan on the $50

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HAH! Somebody will be singing a different tune on 1/20/2012...

 

there are many more deserving public servants

My argument is that there are many more deserving public servants in the history of the USA than Ronald Reagan.

This is the order of humans appearing on the large or small $50.00 US bank note.

Alexander Hamilton = Treasurer
Henry Clay, Sr. = statesman
George Washington = President
Benjamin Franklin = statesman
Edward Everett = statesman
Silas Wright, Jr. = statesman
William Henry Seward, Sr. = statesman
Ulysses S. Grant = President

So looking at this pattern, it is obviously well passed the time for a non-Presidential statesman/stateswoman to front the $50.00 bill.

Madeleine Korbel Albright (born May 15, 1937) is the first woman to become a United States Secretary of State.

Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) was the first woman to be elected to the United States House of Representatives and the first female member of the Congress sometimes referred to as the Lady of the House.

Georgia Neese Clark Gray (January 27, 1898, Richland, Shawnee County, Kansas – October 26, 1995[1]) was the first woman Treasurer of the United States, serving from 1949 to 1953. After her, every subsequent Treasurer has been a woman.

 

wouldn't that make more sense if the speculative date were 2/10/2012 ?

 

Again I agree with you about not putting a recent leaders on currency, I just wish you would stop using terrorists or terrorist dictators as an example when writing about American presidents.

 

The most He deserves is a commemorative half dollar! It says thanks, and no one is forced to own it!

 

Then again, it is their money (I am not from the US either). I would not want somebody like Reagan to be on circulating US coins or notes, but if the Americans want (wanted) that, their business. Personally I also find depicting Andrew "Indian Removal" Jackson ($20) offensive, but at least on coins that is part of a series depicting all presidents except for the recent ones.

It does make a lot of sense that we do not have living people on legal tender in most democratic countries (OK, in monarchies it is common to show the head of state). And in my personal opinion a politician should not appear on money shortly after s/he died either. In the Federal Republic of Germany we did that, on coins, with our very first president (Theodor Heuss) and head of government (Konrad Adenauer). I would not have done that, but back then I could not say anything.

Christian

 

Great point. Agree that it would be nice to have a woman on a US note.

As for men, how about Harry Truman or George C. Marshall or Thomas Paine or Robert Morris or Paul Revere or Robert E Lee or Steven Mather or John Muir or M L King or G W Carver or Sequoia (sp?)?

 

When honoring anyone, You have to look at there role in history, Though Ronald
Reagan hasnt been gone that long, While he was here he made a significant
Contribution to U.S. Politics and foreign policy, And to be very frank, A stamp
Is pretty much a token gesture and a coin maybe one step above that!

Its time to put his face on the "Green"

 

Ok a token for Ronald Reagan seems like one of the best ideas here yet! :mouth:

 

I think they already beat us to the punch:

 

That was very, very different. I bet there was almost zero opposition to JFK on the half - for obvious reasons.

 

A token!! This man was a great president and deserves more
Then that!!

 

He's already been put on the 0.37¢ stamp and will be on a forthcoming 2016 Presidential golden dollar coin...

 

When posting in this thread I am trying my best to not stray off topic AGAIN. I am also trying not to politicize this thread ( which is difficult due to the subject of the thread ) I nearly have a hole bitten through my lip at this point.
As I have mentioned in a previous post , there are MANY more deserving , unspoken public servants than Ronald Reagan !

 

I haven't been subscribing to long but I'm sue no other topic was met with such enery or emotion, I wish more our our Nations' opinion was so debated with such energy. Does anyone know the process! Is it like any other law and if so we should be writing our politicians and not mearly each other! Yes ITS THAT IMPORTANT!!!!

 

CIRELAW I wrote to both of my State (NY) Senators about my dissatisfaciton with the announcement by the Mint in late 2009 to cancel proof and collector versions of the ASE and AGE for 2009. I implored to them my long term commitment to collecting and collecting these specific coins, the importance these coins have amongst the collecting community and how I wished my elected officials would carry my sentiments to the appropriate offices in Washington on my behalf. I also requested their response but received only one auto-reply that one of my emails was received by their office. I don't know what good my personalized messages did to benefit our hobby and to ensure future issues may be minted but at least my voice was given, logged, whatever and I think it IS that important that these issues of how our coin & currency and commemorative issues are addressed with elected officials and the various organizations related to their creation. How else can they know of our approval or disapproval. I would encourage anyone on any issue related to the topics we all here discuss, write to express your personal opinions and reasons. It is your best opportunity to be a part of these important decisions. :thumb:

 

A stamp is fine, But there are many other people that weren,t
Presidents and werent as special that are on them as well
So i wouldnt say thats much of a tribute!

As far as him being on a coin in a Presidential Dollar series, I dont
Think that,s really an individual honor, As him being on a note
Everybody has there opinion and thats mine

 

We know as I tried to point out the number of times you've made a point to point it out in this one thread.

 

Government civil exployees

My Mom and entire family worked for Government. Once they reach a GS12 and above a kind of apathy transends and a 'no change' is the only change. Once that last buffalo is struck, they can sit back and pray the price of silver and gold rises. They wont touch anything that has a political scent to it. Who says another president is needed to distract another generation. What do You think!! Yes we make a beautiful likeness, The issue is a likeness of who or what?