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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 170807, member: 6763&quot;]Historically, no living person may be protrayed on a US coin or currency.&nbsp; This was a reaction to an individual (I forget his name, but I am sure that someone will add the info) who put his own likeness on a fractional currency note.</p><p><br /></p><p>We all know that this is not a total ban, since Eunice Shriver was on the Special Olympics coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, the States quarters law specifically bans teh use of living persons:</p><p>TITLE 31 &gt; SUBTITLE IV &gt; CHAPTER 51 &gt; SUBCHAPTER II &gt; § 5112&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>§ 5112. Denominations, specifications, and design of coins</p><p><br /></p><p>(E)&nbsp; Prohibition on certain representations.— No head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, and no portrait of a living person may be included in the design of any quarter dollar under this subsection.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;So, dead presidents prevail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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