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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3197, member: 112&quot;]National dealer - </p><p><br /></p><p>I am afraid it is not the Mint that we must convince for the Mint is the single most powerful &amp; driving force that we have in the effort for design changes. The Mint is all for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem we have is that for decades now the US Secretary of the Treasury has not been doing what he/she is allowed to do by law. That is to change the design of US coinage that has been in use for 25 yrs or more. He does not need anyone&#039;s permission to do this - he can just simply do it. Even the Supreme Court cannot overule his decision on such a matter. The problem is - he won&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coinage redesign has become a political football that has been handed off to Congress. Congress has no business being involved in coinage design as it is not within their purview. Only the SecTreas has the authority to change designs without a specific law that mandates a particular change or issue such as for a commem. </p><p><br /></p><p>But because Congress has become involved in this then it is up to the people who vote Congressmen into office to convince their Congressmen to either issue a new law mandating such changes or to stay out of the process entirely and allow the SecTreas to do his job without fear of stepping on toes.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if anyone reading this agrees and wants redesign - PLEASE tell them so !! You can do so here - <a href="http://www.jdsworld.net/change/change_intro.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jdsworld.net/change/change_intro.html" rel="nofollow">Time For A Change In Our Change</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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