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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 5304882, member: 73165&quot;]If that&#039;s not George Washington, it must be his unknown-to-history twin brother or something.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Considering how the US is 1 country out of over 150, I would say we do an excellent job of commemorating America, Americans, and the achievements of Americans.&nbsp; Literally every coin in current production is a circulating commemorative.&nbsp; We have the State quarters and their cousins the territorial and national parks quarters.&nbsp; We&#039;ve done a series that included every single dead President and First Lady.&nbsp; We have the American innovation series in production right now.&nbsp; We&#039;ve even partnered with Iceland to commemorate the discovery of North America by the Vikings.&nbsp; And, none of this even touches the classic commem series, or very much of the modern NCLT commems.</p><p><br /></p><p>Our fetish for dead rulers is only really exceeded by the Roman empire, a civilization that, for hundreds of years, would literally declare their Emperor a god upon his death.&nbsp; We&#039;ve got hundreds of commemorative coins featuring American places, achievements, and people.&nbsp; I highly doubt any individual country comes close, and I&#039;d be willing to stack us up against the entire rest of the world.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Um... is the relief on that coin so high, it&#039;s actually casting shadows?&nbsp; Good Lord![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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