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Message:: [QUOTE="rbm86, post: 6314, member: 854"]Jody, I certain respect yours (and other's) opinions, and can see reasonable arguments for both sides of this.  Personally, I think our current coinage is somewhat tiresome, and I welcomed the 50 State Quarters and now the new Nickel reverses.  I'd like to see the return of lady liberty on circulating coinage, which we have not seen since 1947.  I also think it is likely that Washington and Jefferson would have preferred a symbol of liberty and would not have wanted to be depicted on coinage forever, because to them it might give them the "monarch" status they fought so hard to defeat.  That being said, perhaps a compromise would be to keep the cent, nickel, and quarter unchanged, and change the dime and half, both of which were created hastily while a nation mourned Presidents who died in office.  And please, no Reagan dime!!!  How about a return of Winged Liberty to the dime and put the "Peace Dollar" design on the Half??  The "Peace Half" would complete a "role reversal" with the Walking Liberty bullion dollar.[/QUOTE]