TRIVIA: President Reagan on Currency

PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN ON CURRENCY:

Currently no American currency (paper or coin) bears an image of President Ronald Reagan, but there is one Challenge Coin (57mm by 42mm) offered by Fort America honoring the newly commissiopned U.S. Navy's Nimitz Class Carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan. Take a look courtesy of Fort America. This is not an endorsement of the coin nor of Fort America, however, I don't dissuade anyone from ordering the coin if one is wanted and the price seems right:

http://store.fortamerica.com/ussroreco.html

There are some foreign currencies featuring Reagan:

The Philippines:


25 Piso 1982, silver coin, (portrait with President Marcos, KM#235 (coinfactswiki photo)


http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/PCGS_397095_-_1982_25_P_Marc&Reag,_DC


25 Piso 1986, silver coin, commemorating President Aquino's visit to Washington, KM#246 (thefind.com photo). Click photo for enlargement:


http://www.thefind.com/query.php?query=Philippines+1986+25+Piso


2500 Piso 1986, gold coin, commemorating President Aquino's visit to Washington, KM#247. thefind.com photo. Click photo for enlargement:


http://www.thefind.com/query.php?query=Philippines+1986+2500+Piso


Isle of Man:


1987, 4 coin proof set, commemorating the Bicentenary of America’s Constitution features the Statue of Liberty surrounded by these U.S. Presidents in clockwise order;


Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Washington, James Monroe, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan


1/2 Crown, gold, KM187(no photo)


1 Crown, copper-nickel, KM#176


http://www.rene-finn.de/images/Palladiumphoto/IsleMan1987USA.jpg


5 Crown, silver, 65.1mm, KM#177 (no photo)


10 Crowns, silver, 75mm, KM#188 (no photo)


Liberia:


Each following link leads to a coin photo and was live when posted, however the photo may have been of a coin for sale. If the coin was sold, since then, the link may not still be functional. Links placed in this article are there so you can view the coins mentioned, only, and is not an endorsement by me of the coin nor of the person or firm tendering the offer. This disclaimer, also, isn't a warning to be wary of the coin or the offering party.


1998 series with Abraham Lincoln statue (bottom superimposed on President Reagan's chest)


All the Liberian 1998 Ronald Reagan coin designs are the same except denomination:


$1 copper-nickel, KM#386 (ebay listing):


http://cgi.ebay.com/LIBERIA-1-1998-...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item4aa2370b74


$10 silver, KM#387(no photo)


$100 gold, KM#388 (no photo)


In 2001 Liberia authorized the issuing of a C-N NCLT commemorative crown-sized (size of a Peace Dollar) coin featuring President Reagan on the obverse in the action of signing a bill plus the President astride a horse on the reverse. Sort of like a double-bonus. Panda America photo:


http://www.pandaamerica.com/details.asp?item=3034&grp=1&categ=23


Here's a colorized 2009 Liberia $5 commemorative coin featuring President Reagan on the reverse. The coin is C-N with a .999 layer of silver (silver plated). Photo courtesy of pandaamerica:


http://www.pandaamerica.com/details.asp?item=9939&grp=1&categ=23


Cook Islands:


An NCLT commemorative $1 was authorized for 2004, but I couldn't find a photo.


British Virgin Islands:


ebay dealer photos:


http://cgi.ebay.com/BRITISH-VIRGIN-...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item4a9c2d7ad0


http://cgi.ebay.com/BRITISH-VIRGIN-...00.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo=LVI&itu=UCI&otn=5&ps=63


Sierra-Leonne $1:


Ebay dealer photo:


http://cgi.ebay.com/SIERRA-LEONE-1-...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item4a9d94d335


There are other NCLTs by island nations, but scarece info and no photos.


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Clinker

 

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Very interesting! I do, personally, think that Reagan should be put on a coin or bill, simply because I think it's time for a change.

Kennedy and Roosevelt got on their coins within years after their deaths, and I think it would be cool to get Reagan on the half dolllar...

Currency? I really don't know. THe $50 would be interesting, but I don't know if Grant can simply just be pulled.

 

If they ever put Reagan on a coin, I'm giving up coin collecting. Reagan and the last two Bushes did well for the super wealthy and corporations, but not the average American. We all saw a decline in our standard of living and saw the American dream slip away.

 

Hmm... well, politics and sentiments aside, Ronald Reagan signed the Gold Bullion Coin Act of 1985 which helped kick off the massively successful Eagle programs and created many modern collectors, breathing life back into numismatics and the US Mint's collectible products.

Now, I don't wish to see elected officials placed on US coin and currency any longer and would prefer the symbolic and allegorical images of Liberty be brought back, however, it wouldn't stop me from collecting coins and currency. If I don't like a design, I don't collect that item, but there's lots more fish in the sea! :thumb:


Clinker: As always, nice write up!

 

To NewTo Coins2010

Thanks for reading, commenting and sharing your opinion :high5:

Clinker

 

To krispy...

Thanks for reminding us that we all have choices to make:

We don't have to collect coins with images of people or phrases on them we don't like or agree with.
We don't have to allow anyone to keep us from collecting coins bearing images of people or phrases we do like.
We can collect only Ancient Coins, Middle-Ages Coins, Modern Coins, Coins without human images, American Coins, European Coins, Asian Coins, African Coins, Coins featuring animals or other things (weapons, landmarks, tranportation, etc.).

Clinker

 

To statequarterguy...

Don't give up collecting, just don't collect the coin bearing an image of someone you don't think worthy of being there. There are so many variations of coins out there, you can own a million coins and not have even one in your collection bearing someone you don't respect or having a phrase you think shouldn't be on a coin...

Someone smarter than me said "I may not agree with what you say or write, but, I'll defend the right of you to say or write it."

Clinker

 

Very honest and factual point, but all politics aside he is a well loved former president and nothing can be done about that. Besides, as a former California Governor, Reagan did pretty dm good especially in comparison to Arnold Schwarzenegger the current Republican idiot!! I appreciate the OP's article for certain but as far as the Phillipines coin goes. Ferdinand Marcos was a crook and the ppl of the Phillipines will never be the same as he took advantage of the very system he was supposed to embrace and help to prosper!! My point is that he and his family had their lives full of money while the common folk suffered in poverty!! His demise was well deserved!! :bigeyes:

 

Hey Statequarterguy, they put OBAMA on coins and I didn't stop collecting.
That really is a ridiculous reason to stop collecting. Like Clinker said there are tons of coins out there to collect, just avoid that one coin, like I avoid millions of OBAMA coins.
Take the political stuff to the PRWE forum though, this forum is meant for the discussion of coins.

Thanks again Clinker for another great write up

 

Another good Clinker posting ..... they [all of them] add a measure of lightheartedness that spices-up subjects that otherwise may not appear captivating. Good on Clinker!!!

About Unit and/or Challenge Coins ..... most "lifers" collect them. Some collect only those that represent units they have served in. Some strive to collect as many unit samples as they can get their hands on. Others have designed their own coin and give them out as rewards and/or as tokens of appreciation for commendable service. They are a source of deeply-felt pride when received this way ..... it's personal and solidly real, and at a meaningful, eyeball-to-eyeball level. Mutual respect exchanged between men of patriotic honor.

After duty hours, when your group gathers a in a favorite brew hall and shares pitchers of freshly drawn drafts, you challenge others by plunking your Challenge Coin on the table. If and/or when they can't respond with their coin, they are REQUIRE to pay for the round of newly delivered pitchers. The tempo increases when lifelong buddies assigned to other units are present and an array of different unit coins are tabled. The No-No rule ..... if you are stupid enough to drop your coin or cause another coin to fall from the table, you pay for the next round. The disgraced coin becomes the property of the house and is displayed in a case behind the bar, known as the Hall of Shame. Believe me ..... you don't want your name associated with having been the one responsible for disgracing your unit. Such peer-pressure is unbearable.

We Grunts all returned from "the Nam" underweight. I arrived weighing 175 [two and a half years in Germany eating hearty black bread, cheese, sausage and drinking good German beer] and returned home weighing 128. Those "happy hour" evenings of pigging-out on pizza [weight gaining calories] and downing pitchers of good brew, with brother warriors you could trust to cover your backside, are among my most treasured.

The asking for the RR coin is about average for most unit and/or challenge coins. Some are a dollar less, while some are a couple of dollars more. Those showing several colors are usually the most expensive.

Thanks for the fun read, Clinker. The topic awakened many fond memories, making the sun shine just a bit brighter than usual.

 

I agree with what you said about the halve dollar needing a change. Its long over due. Its like the mint doesnt pay attention to things like that. Or maybe its just cheeper to leave it alone.

Steve

 

To fretboard...

Good to hear from you, thanks for sharing...

Clinker

 

To fretboard...

and thanks for your candidness...

Clinker

 

To Strikrluster...

Thanks for reading. Actually no coin design can be changed without approval of Congress. The Mint Director doesn't even have the authority to select a design for a new coin even if only one design was submitted for apoproval.

Clinker

 

Ronald Reagan's $50 bills:

 

Hey and "WOW" Honolulu Dick...

for sharing your experiences of miltary protocol concerning Challenge coins.

Clinker

 

willieboyd2

Nice photo and website. Spent some time enjoying about half of it, will revisit later foir more enjoyment (especially looking forward to your visit sections)

Clinker

 

Thats interesting. And the mint director works for the Department of Treasury and the head of treasury doesnt pay his taxes. Cant believe he is running the show. I am wondering what impact the new admin. will have on the mint.

Steve

 

Remember that coin collecting is about likes and dislikes in designs. Reagans should be a design of his first accomplishment and that first was to undo his pants in a movie check it out it is the truth it was in the 1950s. HA HA. He also took the military pay to a nice level I know I was there.

 

Actually, since 1890 the Treasury has had the authority to change coin designs once they've been in use for 25 years. Currently, the half-dollar and the dime meet that requirement, so either one of them could be redesigned without new Congressional approval. However, it's been more than half a century since the Treasury has actually *used* its authority to redesign a coin in the absence of specific direction from Congress, so I wouldn't get your hopes up....