Ronald Reagan on the $50

That,s alot of points, So iam glad i could point it out!!

 

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I think we should put him on the $50 note and every other denomination as well. Then change the name of the country to Reaganland. A different Ronnie for each denomination. Now which bill do we put "cowboy" Ronnie on.

I know what you guys are thinking this is ludicrous, but not much sillier than most of what I have read in this thread.

 

washington has been on many, MANY stamps (over 100), the $1 bill, the quarter, and the $1 coin. lincoln has been on many stamps, the $5 bill, the cent, and now the $1 coin. franklin was on the first stamp, and many to follow, along with the $100 bill. so why can't reagan be on both a stamp and a note?

personally, i think all the presidents need to be removed from our coins and paper, and that we need to go back to interpretations of liberty.

 

swish513 I Never said that RR flat out shouldn't be on a note, but that he'd already had some prominence on denominational issues. Earlier I may have expressed it's far far too soon for him to be on a note due to the exact controversy that this thread has demonstrated: be it through absurdisms, those offended by the notion, or the repeated cheerleading in agreement by a single member... It's just too soon in all likelihood to see RR on a note. The bill proposed to put him there will be many years in the making to get his likeness in circulation.

Personally, I agree with you that the presidents need be removed from future coin and currency replaced with allegorical images of liberty, commerce, and the like... the eagle, our great wildlife and natural wonders... anything but politicians. Let them have the commemoratives and medals where they already exist in abundance.

In addition to the stamp and forthcoming Presidential dollar coin in 2016, RR was also put on some sort of commemorative double eagle medal produced in the 1980s... not by the US Mint.

 

sorry, i missed that. my bad.

 

No worries. It's been a great thread, very lively and yet civil.
Lots of great ideas being proposed here for alternatives and such, no matter how silly.

 

Regarding the comment that other countries may get offended if Reagan were to be put on a US banknote, any sovereign country has the right to design its coinage and currency as it sees fit.

Now as to whether Reagan is too recent or controversial for US coinage or banknotes, I think people's political persuasions tend to influence their feelings on that one. For all who think Ronnie should be commemorated permanently, how about putting Billy "Good Times" Clinton or Jimmy "Inflation" Carter on something?

This is the whole problem with putting political figures on coins and banknotes. Who do you honor with them? Nobody is liked by everyone. How do you choose? There are only so many coin and note denominations to use.

Although I'm American, I have friends in Toronto and am in Canada regularly. Thus I have an interest in both American and Canadian coinage. Anyway, as most know, the Queen is on all Canadian coins, the current $20 note and the last issues of $1, $2 and $1000 notes. Why her? Well, what makes a coin different from a token? What's the difference between a US coin and a Chuck E. Cheese token? One is issued by the government. What's the difference between Canadian money and Canadian Tire money? One is issued by the government. Canada is a kingdom where the sovereignty of the country is vested in a King or Queen. The Queen of Canada (currently Elizabeth II) represents the legal authority of the government. Having her effigy on the coinage is part of what makes that coinage legally issued by the government rather than just a mere token. The effigy represents her job, not her personally. When someone else succeeds her, the effigy will change again.

The US of course is a democratic republic. The sovereignty of the country is vested in this theoretical thing called a republic rather than in any one single person including the president. For that reason, it's not appropriate to have the current president on any coin or note. Ok, so the US doesn't have a monarch or dictator to put on its coins. Over the years, the government has placed various historical figures on various denominations of coins and notes as a way of honoring them. When you do this with permanent coins & notes rather than commemorative issues, this presents problems over time. Who do you put on each denomination? Who do you remove and when? Who replaces who? The country has largely "winged it" over the years in this regard. Really I personally wish we would get away from honoring specific persons on permanent issue coins and notes. Go back to permanent themes that represent the nation and the democratic ideals it is supposed to stand for. Put the politicians and statesmen on commemorative coins where they belong. By commemorative, I think that can include coins issued for circulation but of a non-permanent design as well as non-circulating coins.

So my own opinion, put the Gipper on a set of commemorative coins.

 

Well I am certainly not a Republican, very much a Democrat to be honest, I dont know exactly how I feel about Reagan being on a Federal Reserve Note. He did certainly do some wonderful things related to U.S. Foreign Policy when working with Gorbechav and he deserves a lot of credit for that. However, his economic policies I really feel were disasterous- yes the economy slowly came roaring back on his watch but the deficit skyrocketed and the tax cuts were to much. Humanitarian policies under his watch were atrocious as well (aids, mentally ill, etc). So if I were a member of Congress weighing all of this information I would have to vote "no". I just think his negatives outweigh the positives.

If we are looking at new figures to put on U.S. currency/coinage my choices would be: Thomas Paine, Paul Revere, Patrick Henry, Ethan Allen, James Armistead Lafayette, Harriet Tubman, John Marshall, Theodore Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, and MLK.

 

Ok, Comparing Ronald Regen to Bill Clinton is like comparing a crisp Red
Apple to something the dog left on the ground after he ate 10 Minutes
Ago!! He didnt do anything for this country!! I guess we could put his
Image on a Chuckie Cheese Token on the front and Monica Lewinsky on the reverse
Sounds good to me!!

 

I think you are finally getting the point that recent presidents need commemorating but are too controversial and at best belong on tokens. :hammer:

 

I appreciated reading your perspective. Very well written and stated. Thanks :high5:

 

At the risk of beating this thread "Bloody" Reagen only did good things
For this country and deserves his place on a note, Not a token or a
Commemrative, A note!!, Bill Clinton on the other hand, Well you
Can him on the paper you unroll in the bathroom and i wont have
Any objections to that....LOL

 

We know, and yet... the same comment keeps on trolling on out...

LOL LOL LOL , Ad nauseam...

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That is because no one is expected to read all 133 before they post whats on there mind at a given moment!!!!!!!!!!

 

Ain't that the truth! (all too often)

 

Scary

Lets stick to what we have!

 

That looks good to me

 

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