Okay, I know some of you guys don't like these ideas, particularly the half dollar idea with dogs, but I was just wondering if someone could tell me if I wrote this out right. I tried to base it off the "Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005" Also, would a half dollar coin the size I am proposing even be a good size to get my dog design portraits in? I gess it can't be much worse than the nickel or quarter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE This Act may be cited as the "Famous Dogs Half Dollar Coin Act" SEC 2. DESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF FAMOUS DOGS OF U.S. HISTORY (a) Notwithstanding the Authority of the Secretary of the Treasury under the 8th undesignated paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, beginning in 2011, coins in the denomination of 50 cents, shall be redesigned, and have such designs, and shall be in such form and tenor as the Secretary may select in accordance with this section. (b) These new Famous Dog Half Dollars will be sized in between the 5-cent coin, and the quarter dollar coin, and shall have features to distinguish the new half dollars from 5-cent, quarter dollars and one dollar coins. Two such features will be a copper color to the new half dollars, to help distinguish the new, smaller sized half dollar coins from the 5-cent, quarter and one dollar coins in color, and the shape of the new halves would be of an "octagon" type of shape, to help distinguish the new half dollar coins from 5-cent, quarter dollars and one dollar coins in shape. These new features will help consumers tell the new sized half dollars from quarter and one dollar coins for the visually impaired, and in poorly lighted places. These new, smaller and more distinguishable half dollars, may be used more, due to the new half dollar coins weighing less than the current, larger half dollar coin, and will also save the government money, on less metal(s) being used, to mint half dollar coins. This new design for the half dollar may also solve consumers's problems with the issue of half dollar coins being too heavy. (c) The "Famous Dogs Half Dollar Coin Act" shall be a 9 year program that shall feature four new obverses of the half dollar coin, honoring four different famous dogs per year, to honor dogs for serving man kind for tens of thousands of years, and shall honor and feature such fallen dogs as, fire, police, rescue, military and sled dogs who served or lost their lives, serving man kind, with Balto being the first to be honored. Each honored dog's name and breed, and the words "In God We Trust" shall be stamped into the obverse of these new half dollars, and shall border around the bottom of the "heads" side of these new coins. If the famous dog being honored is not a purebred "Mixed Breed" shall be stamped on the border of the coin. (d) The reverse of the new half dollars shall feature three different designs per every three years of the program. The Gray Wolf shall be featured on the reverse of these new half dollars for the first three years, to respect and honor the wild relatives that these dogs came from. And for wolves being the first dogs to serve man kind. "Gray Wolf" and "Half Dollar" shall be stamped on the bottom of the new coins and border the edge of the "tails" side of these new half dollar coins. (e) The Coyote shall be featured on the reverse of these new half dollars for the second three years. This will help honor another wild dog relative that provided fur, bones for tools and jewelry and such to the Native Americans and were a part of Native American agriculture. "Coyote" and "Half Dollar" shall be stamped into the reverse of these new half dollar coins, and shall border the bottom edge of the "tails" side of these new half dollar coins. (f) And the North American Red Fox shall be featured on the reverse of these new half dollars for the last three years. This will help us honor and respect foxes as a dog relative that, like the Coyote, contributed to the Native Americans, providing fur for clothing, bones for tools, jewelry and such and were a part of Native American agriculture. "North American Red Fox and "Half Dollar" shall be stamped on the reverse of these new half dollars and shall border the bottom edge of such coins. (g) These new half dollar coins shall not include or feature dogs, that were famous for being in movies/shows/films, or for being a famous celebrity or presidential pet, etc. The "Famous Dogs Half Dollar Coin Act" shall only honor dogs that were true life serving, life saving, real life heroes, with the exception of the wild dog ancestors of the dogs being featured on the reverse of such coins. SEC 3. PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM (a) Within a certain time, the general public, vending, self checkout and other coin-op industries shall be made aware of the new Famous Dogs Half Dollar Coins' release date. Vendors and other industries shall be given time to retool their machines to accept the new "Famous Dogs" half dollar coins, should they choose to do so. Public educational information materials shall also be provided to educate businesses, cashiers and consumers about the new half dollar coins. SEC 4. REVERTING TO A PERMANENT DESIGN After the "Famous Dogs" half dollar program ends, the half dollar coin shall revert back to a modified John F. Kennedy half dollar design, to fit the new half dollar coins, unless another design is legislated and chosen, however, the "Post-Famous Dogs" half dollar coins shall retain the same size, shape, composition, and weight as the "Famous Dogs" half dollar coins were minted with. NOTE: I talked with NAMA (National Automatic Merchandising Association) and they stated that the current half dollar coin is about 15% larger and 40% heavier than the $1 coin, so, in order for any chance of a successful circulating, vending machine friendly half dollar coin, the current half dollar coin would have to be significantly redesigned (likely made smaller). Which is why I suggested a much smaller size, and different shape for the "Famous Dogs" and "Post-Famous Dogs" series, half dollar coins. TITLE II--REDESIGNED $2 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES SEC 1. REDESIGN OF THE $2 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE TO CONFORM "NEXGEN" STYLE U.S. BANKNOTE SERIES (a) The $2 Federal Reserve note shall be redesigned to feature an enlarged portrait of President Thomas Jefferson, a security thread that reads "USA 2" down the strip that will also glow a certain color under ultraviolet light, two watermarks, one of a large numeral "2" to Jefferson's right, and a watermark to the left of Jefferson's portrait of three spellings of the word "TWO" in the same three spots as the watermark of the three smaller numeral "5s" are located on the new NEXGEN $5 note as opposed to a water mark of three small numeral "2s" to help people denominate the new $2 note from the new $5 note, a splash of bluish-green including a bluish-green opened scroll to President Jefferson's right to represent "Liberty" in the form of the Declaration of Independence, small clusters of little numeral "02s" on the front and or back, and a low-vision numeral dark blue in color and in between the size of the old non-colorized $5 note's smaller low-vision numeral, and the new $5 note's large purple low-vision numeral. This will leave the $1 note as the only denomination with the small portrait, and thus less chance of a visually impaired person or in a dim lit place being shorted change. SEC .2 PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM (a) Due to the fact that many Americans do not believe $2 notes are even in print anymore, and some have never seen a U.S. $2 note, public education materials shall be provided to teach cashiers consumers and help vendor and self checkout companies retool to accept the new $2 notes. TITLE III--ISSUANCE OF A $200 AND REISSUE OF THE $500 AND $1,000 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES SEC 1. ISSUANCE OF A $200 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE (a) President Theodore Roosevelt's portrait shall be featured on the obverse these new $200 notes. An image of Mount Rushmore shall adorn the reverse of these $200 Federal Reserve notes. A copper colored low-vision numeral positioned in the same way as the golden low-vision numeral "100" on the new $100 note shall be featured on these new $200 notes, as will other necessary security features for such a large denomination banknote. SEC 2. REISSUE OF THE $500 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE (a) President William McKinley's portrait shall continue to adorn the obverse of these new $500 notes. The oval with the huge numeral "500" design from the 1928/1934/1934A series shall be retained in these new $500 notes. A silver colored low-vision numeral positioned the same way as the new golden numeral "100" on the new $100 note shall be featured on these new $500 notes, as will other necessary security features for such a large denomination banknote. SEC 3. REISSUE OF THE $ 1,000 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE (a) President Grover Cleveland's portrait shall continue to adorn the obverse of these new $1,000 notes. The fancy text "The United States of America" and "One Thousand Dollars" design from the 1928/1934/1934A series shall be retained in these new $1,000 notes. A multi-colored low-vision numeral $1,000 containing a comma shall positioned on the reverse of the new $1,000 notes the same way as the large golden numeral "100" on the new $100 note, and the numeral "1" and the comma shall be copper colored, the two middle zeros shall be golden colored, and the last zero shall be silver on this low-vision 1,000 for extra security features, as will other necessary security features be featured on such a large denomination banknote. SEC 4. PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM The American public, businesses and retailers shall be made aware of these new large denomination Federal Reserve notes as they are issued and businesses will be given a chance to upgrade their machines to take such denominations of U.S. currency. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry about reposting this, but I redid it and just wanted to know if I did it better or worse.
