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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1996738, member: 42773&quot;]You show your insight. During the 18th- and 19th-centuries, the predominant feature on US coinage was the personification of Liberty. Sound familiar? Roman Republican coinage features gods, events, etc. Not till around the time Augustus do we get portraits of emperors.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1909, the first coin to feature a US president was minted: the Lincoln cent. Throughout the 20th-century, up until today, it is still considered unacceptable to put &quot;reigning&quot; presidents on circulating US coins, so we&#039;ve had Jefferson, Washington, and recently Eisenhower and Kennedy, and most recently, all of them on the dollar coins. Who is the exception in that he never served as president, but played a prominent role in the founding of the country? Benjamin Franklin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Franklin Halves of the early Roman Empire.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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