Did anyone hear this, too that they will put the presidents on the Sacs like they did with states and quarters, 4 per year.
No it hasn't died (unfortunately): Read the recent thread on the matter: http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=5378&highlight=dollar+coin and... http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=5029&highlight=dollar+coin I am ready to fight against this insane idea all over again. Bring it on...
A little over half of the respondents (25 of the 39 respondents) did not want the Presidents depicted. It's not what I could call an overwhelming majority in an unscientific poll. It's a simple question that a young man asked. "Insane idea"?.... no, I think that's somewhat harsh. "Inquisitive thought-provoking debate".... yes, now that's what Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin would most assuredly have approved....
If a President of America was depicted on the $1 coin,then it would no longer be called a Sacagawea $1. Aidan.
No they wouldn't have approved their likeness on coins. Letters from the founding fathers including Washington state this clearly. Anyways 25 of the poll said no, 9 said yes. The rest abstained. That is almost a 3 to 1 margin. Sure it is unscientific, but you are asking people who have a passion and knowledge of numismatics and the history behind it. But then again, as Winston Churchill stated, "If you are not a liberal by the age of 20, you have no heart...if you are not a conservative by the age of 40, you have no brain." When you look back on your years, it is sooooooooo true!
You're correct, Ed. George Washington and other Founding Fathers would not have approved of their likenesses on coins. Thank goodness the Founding Fathers didn't create a monarchy whereupon their will would become law, but instead gave our citizens a democracy in which we could choose whether we agreed with their ideas or not. Our current coinage is an expression of that great ideal. I tend to think Washington and other Founding Fathers might look back and say, "I still don't like the idea of my portrait appearing on a coin, however, I cherish the idea of the people being allowed to choose to do so". The remainder did not abstain. In this context, "abstain" means "declined to vote". The remainder did not "decline to vote", they voted that they didn't have an opinion one way or the other. See above comment. ... and, perhaps, people who have little or no knowledge of numismatics and the history behind it. Maybe they're just voting on their personal preferences.
It takes a backbone to vote "for" or "against" something. Voting I don't care or something to the effect is just like abstaining. Why vote when you don't give a hoot in the first place? Show me a history book honoring somebody for abstaining to vote. You might as well just have never asked them in the first place! The fact of the matter is that numismatics and people who understand coins and the history of this country will probably vote by a margin of better than 3 to 1 AGAINST the banana republic idea of placing every President on dollar coins. History has proved that there are many that don't deserve this honor for everyday, circulated coinage. Remember, if you don't learn from history's mistakes, you are deemed to repeat them.
No has pointed out the fact that the poll asked...Do you like have the Presidents on US coinage? I voted No, but in my post explained that I would like to see a president series on the dollar coins if it ment the end of Presidents on our regular circulating coins from then on. Bring on the Millared Fillmore Dollar.
