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Message:: [QUOTE="Conder101, post: 296585, member: 66"]I doubt that many people would even care considering that the average person doesn't even KNOW who is on the coins.  The average person has become so complacent and bored with the coin designs that they do not even pay attention to them anymore.  That was why the state quarter (and bicentennial) program was so successful!  After three generations of not having anything different on the coins suddenly THERE WERE NEW DESIGNS!  And they kept changing!  It became  a point of interest to actually look at the coins again to see if you had a new design or one you hadn't been able to find yet.  Eventually though the constant changes became boring in itself and interest waned.  Not completely, but you have to admit it isn't what it was back in 1999 or 2000. Change is good, it stimulates, but it shouldn't be done too frequently.  That's why I still recommend changing one coin at a time  at five year intervals.  The new design peaks interest and after a few years when it is now commonplace a different coin changes and revives interest again.  It stimulates without overwhelming, and by the time you rotate through the denominations and come back to the first one, the 25 year mandate for the continuation of a design has expired and it can be changed by the Sec of the Treasury without having to go through Congress.[/QUOTE]