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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Zak, post: 10819, member: 824&quot;]<b>Where is Teddy Roosevelt when you need him!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Teddy Roosevelt was the last U.S. President to DEMAND a beautiful coin.&nbsp; He wanted to combine art, liberty and a deep strike design so that the world would marvel at U.S. coinage.&nbsp; I believe he succeeded!&nbsp; When you talk with our legislative buddies, bring some of Augustus Saint-Gardens masterpieces to remind them what we accomplished almost 100 years earlier!</p><p><br /></p><p>At the time when Lincoln was proposed for the penny...a huge up roar ensued (especially from Southern states) since he was the first U.S. President on our coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>We got over it, but this goes way too far!&nbsp; Harding, Arthur, Hayes?&nbsp; They got to be kidding.&nbsp; Their un-elected wives on PREMIUM coins!&nbsp; <b>We will be a joke to the world. </b>&nbsp; Excuse me as I recover from choking at the thought of Hillary gracing a US coin...oxygen please!&nbsp; Hurry!</p><p><br /></p><p>PLEASE show him some of the designs from our forum.&nbsp; We need to take the same direction that Teddy Roosevelt insisted. His influence on our coinage is still marveled to this day.&nbsp; I guarantee you will NOT see these coins being sold on late night television in the year 2104 for $19.99 plus S&amp;H of $6.95.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let history repeat itself because it worked when Teddy &quot;walked tall and carried a big stick&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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