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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;joecoin, post: 10272, member: 999&quot;]If only it were as simple as that. I believe that the allegorical Liberty was first used on our nations coinage simply because we had just gotten out from under a tyrannical monarchy, and wanted no living leader on our coinage. I think Washington said as much when it was proposed to honor him on coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>As time went on, and we developed our own history, someone got the idea to honor the &quot;better angels of our nature&quot; i.e.; above average leaders,(not just presidents), on both coinage and paper money. Perhaps it is time to come full circle and remove actual personages , replacing them , once again, with allegory.</p><p><br /></p><p>Could be worse, you could be a subject of the Queen of England. You would know what was on the obverse of EVERY coin you came in contact with. Her royal mug.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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