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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Zak, post: 42432, member: 824&quot;]Which is why the good ones are already on the 1c, 5c, 10c, 25c and 50c coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to put <u>all</u> of the Presidents on dollar coins, you will lower the standard of this country&#039;s coinage.&nbsp; The symbol of Liberty and the symbolism that goes into past designs represents not just one person, but <b>all </b> of this country.&nbsp; You want banana republic 3rd world country coins...you will get them.&nbsp; If you think Fillmore, Harrison, Coolidge, Harding and other below-average Presidents represent Liberty and Freedom better than a symbol that is as old as this country itself...you are sadly misguided.</p><p><br /></p><p>But then again, I shouldn&#039;t be surprised...those that wish to lower the standard of who should grace American circulated coins, are already lowering educational and test standards across the board.&nbsp;&nbsp; From dumbing down of SAT tests (so everybody feels good) to students that can bearly read, write, and do basic math, a whole new generation of Americans would rather feel good instead of doing what is right.&nbsp; &quot;Putting all of the Presidents on dollar coins is a nice idea&quot; but, it doesn&#039;t have any meat to it...but if it feels good, do it! </p><p><br /></p><p>It sounds nice, but until you can demonstrate that EVERY past President will represent freedom and liberty more so than a symbol that has been around as long as this country...most educated numismatics (about 80%) will not buy it.&nbsp; Only those that have gone through &quot;government&#039; schools feeling good about themselves (because tests are not fair) will be easily swayed into the idea of putting all Presidents (good and bad) on dollar coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>While we are at it...we should put this character on the dollar coin.&nbsp; Just want to give you an idea what 3rd world coins will look like:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.ncf.ca/~ek867/chaplin.dictator.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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