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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ben_Bovas, post: 3106, member: 476&quot;]Thanks for the info and pathway to this movement. You&#039;re right! It does not reflect my specific concern, but some change must first occur if we, the people, are ever to wrest control of design issues away from special interests, on the right (Reagan) or the left (Sacagawea).</p><p><br /></p><p>About twenty years ago I spoke at a social gathering with a high-level assistant of my congressman about the issue (getting dead historical figures off the coins). The subject came up during a feminist-lead discussion of women heros of the nation. SBA was mentioned, as was the largely unsuccessful effort to introduce a coin with her image. It had never occurred to the congressional assistant that our coinage had ever been otherwise. See! It&#039;s ingrained in the American consciousness now. I sent this guy picture of great American coins of the past. Never got a reply.</p><p><br /></p><p>We all need heros, but we don&#039;t need to carry them around in our pockets. </p><p><br /></p><p>My own feeling is that we need to promote the ideals of our nation on our coinage, not our heros, who in the final analysis are all flawed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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