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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 7459576, member: 13650&quot;]Did this bill pass?&nbsp; I would not want to be an engraver for the US Mint in the coming years.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know what you&#039;d even come up with for subject matter for some of this.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; In some ways we certainly have honored all of the presidents on our coinage longer than they ever could have imagined while some that were deserving were never recognized except for the dollar series.&nbsp; &nbsp; We were due for a change.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I think the subject matter is getting so trivial now though, that there will be no interest.&nbsp; &nbsp; They may as well honor professional bicyclists.&nbsp; There&#039;s some niche group out there that will care but the vast majority will not.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Realistically, the coin programs need to be about major historical events, major historical figures, topics etc.. that really impacted the nation as a whole.&nbsp; That&#039;s not the PC response but that&#039;s how it works.&nbsp; The ATB program was pushing it but in the end, understandable.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Coinage traditionally is supposed to represent the nation issuing it.&nbsp;&nbsp; We had women on coinage, she was called &quot;Lady Liberty&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; A fictional figure representing liberty has been more appropriate because being put on coinage used to be considered the highest honor, limited to very few.&nbsp; It also represented unity which we could use more of these days.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What&#039;s the goal of these programs?&nbsp; Is featuring prominent women (who some will like and some will despise) going to get more women into coin collecting?&nbsp;&nbsp; I guess there&#039;s always a chance.&nbsp; &nbsp; It all looks like a flop to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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