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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 160609, member: 3011&quot;]toddestan,</p><p><br /></p><p>You have hit the nail on the head.&nbsp; Nobody is going to want their name associated with removing people from the past who are honored on coins, even if those people themselves would have been horrified at the idea because it runs counter to all that they lived and died for.&nbsp; The symbols on coins used to mean something.&nbsp; Now they are up for grabs for special interest groups to lobby for, just like everything else.&nbsp; CoinOKC pretty much summed up the counter argument that would be heard if such an attempt was made.&nbsp; The basic organizing principle of the nation was and is the concept of liberty.&nbsp; Few other countries in history can say the same.&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t depicted on the coinage by accident or because the founders had no imagination.&nbsp; To the extent this is replaced by any form of personality cult, even on our coins and regardless of the achievements of any man or woman, the concept is diluted regardless of the good intentions of the diluters.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would love to see the image of liberty returned to the coinage.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t have to be a copy from the past.&nbsp; I would prefer a new artistic design.&nbsp; But liberty is in very short supply in the world these days, and I guess they can&#039;t even spare any to put on the coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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