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<p>[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 1757648, member: 38692"]The ones that pop out in my head are the presence of FE Spinner and especially Spencer Clark on fractional currency that led to Congress passing a law requiring images on currency to be of people dead 25 years plus (though Lincoln appeared on early US currency while alive, it wasn't as controversial).</p><p> </p><p>And then the US Educational series silver certs, the $5 had boobies on it (oh no!!) and that caused a kerfuffle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 1757648, member: 38692"]The ones that pop out in my head are the presence of FE Spinner and especially Spencer Clark on fractional currency that led to Congress passing a law requiring images on currency to be of people dead 25 years plus (though Lincoln appeared on early US currency while alive, it wasn't as controversial). And then the US Educational series silver certs, the $5 had boobies on it (oh no!!) and that caused a kerfuffle.[/QUOTE]
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