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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1366106, member: 31533&quot;]Actually, that thought is kind of behind why we have presidents (dead ones) on our coins now. All the presidents that have been chosen are honored, not for being our &#039;ruler&#039; like a monarchy or something like that, but for honoring the contributions they had and what they did for our country. Which is why we also had Benjamin Franklin, Susan B Anthony, and Sacajawea on our coins. Roosevelt and Kennedy were abberrations, in that they were popular presidents (sort of like if we had had Princess Diana in our country instead of her being a personage of England, and then would have honored her - she was so popular with the people). Those two were honored with places on the coins because they were recently deceased and wildly popular in the minds of many in our country. We might have added Reagan to that, but he had the decency to live longer outside his presidency so we didn&#039;t need to get crazy there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just for your information, the US was founded on the principles of being governed by the people, and not by monarchs, despots, autocrats, or any other type of single person ruler that usually follows family lines in succession. And we didn&#039;t put recognisable people (dead presidents) on any coins until 1909. Lincoln was the first, probably because people were wild about him. It was once said that if you wanted to write a book that would sell, just write one about Lincoln&#039;s doctor&#039;s dog, because most everyone would read stories about Lincoln, doctors, and dogs, and by combining that it would be sure to be popular.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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