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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jody526, post: 6320, member: 578&quot;]Hello aem,</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me see if I can respond to some of you questions for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Why is Virginia so afraid of not having Washington on the quarter?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s a tough one. Are we talking about the Virginia Legislature, or the people that live in Virginia?</p><p>Either way, I&#039;m in no position to speak for any of those folks. </p><p>As for myself, I&#039;m not afraid of anything that has to do with coinage designs. I have a preferance, that a depiction of Geo. Washington remain on the quarter. I&#039;ve stated my reasons many times on this forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...why was Lincoln the first person to be on regular coinage in 1909?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Rather than typing out that story, I will refer you to this web-page:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinsite.com/CoinSite-PF/PParticles/01clinc.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinsite.com/CoinSite-PF/PParticles/01clinc.htm" rel="nofollow">1909 - Lincoln Cent (click)</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Would you be so adamant about Washington being on the quarter if you weren&#039;t from Virginia?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t really think of myself as being &quot;adament&quot; about the issue. I do care enough to have an opinion, and I state that opinion when the subject is brought up. </p><p>I know others on this board have taken steps to see that our coinage is changed. I simply contacted my Congressman to request that he support legislation that Washington remain on the quarter dollar coin.</p><p>In short, the answer to your question is &quot;yes&quot;.</p><p>I was also very disappointed that B. Franklin was removed from the half dollar coin, and replaced with a politician.</p><p><br /></p><p>In closing, I hope there&#039;s no hard feelings, maam. I know there are none on my part.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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