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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Peter Rosconi, post: 1916228, member: 70628&quot;]Well for the Mercury Dime, Roosevelt passed away and the dime was chosen because of his association with the March of Dimes; for the Walking Liberty Half Dollar, the mint director admired Ben Franklin and wanted him on a coin, only for Franklin to get booted from the coin eventually with the Kennedy assassination, plus the Walking Liberty Half Dollar had striking problems; the Buffalo Nickel had striking problems.</p><p><br /></p><p>The gold pieces, they were discontinued because of FDR&#039;s gold executive order and because of the Great Depression.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not just &quot;for change&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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