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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 1884618, member: 5233&quot;]I completely agree with this statement.&nbsp; Look at the &quot;big 4&quot; who are on our coins.&nbsp; I would say that those 4 men did a lot for this country.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Start with Washington and Jefferson.&nbsp; Two of the founding fathers.&nbsp; These men helped to lay the foundation of this country.&nbsp; That country of &quot;Liberty&quot; and those other ideals...they authored it.&nbsp; Jefferson was involved in the writing of both the Deceleration of Independence and the US Constitution.&nbsp; Washington led us through the Revolutionary War.&nbsp; If these men were &quot;corrupt politicians&quot; trying to &quot;line their and their cronies&#039; pockets&quot; then I guess this country was founded on that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at Lincoln.&nbsp; He led us through the Civil War.&nbsp; Had he not done such a good job of it...the US might not exist today, at least not in its current form.&nbsp; He was a politician...but I have never heard anyone describe him as corrupt.</p><p><br /></p><p>FDR (I already here the boos and the hisses)...I know that as a general rule coin collectors are quite conservative and such so his political stances don&#039;t exactly fit with our views.&nbsp; I&#039;m not going to get into his politics because this is not the place for that.&nbsp; But, he took over the Presidency during the great depression and led us out of it.&nbsp; When WWII came to our shores he led us through it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My point is, these 4 men were the leaders of this country at times when we needed someone to lead it.&nbsp; Had they not been successful in their jobs...our country might look much worse today.&nbsp; I think these 4 men were chosen very wisely for our coins.&nbsp; If we were going to put &quot;dead presidents&quot; on them...these 4 seem well chosen to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for JFK...well, he doesn&#039;t really help my argument.&nbsp; But, he was among the most publicly popular presidents we ever had and he was assassinated in office.&nbsp; So, I guess as a tribute to his popularity...he got a coin.&nbsp; IMHO, he is by far the least fitting president on our coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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