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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cdcda, post: 7950, member: 941&quot;]Possibly as I write, lawmakers are trying to get congressional approval for a replacement for the Sacagewea Dollar. Under the proposal, the dollar would be used to commemorate the nation&#039;s past presidents in a fashion similar to the 50 States Quarter program.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I believe that the Half Dollar, which has already been used to honor both Kennedy and Franklin, should be used as the coin of choice for this series.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am curious, what does everyone else think? </p><p><br /></p><p>The lawmakers who have tabled the proposal have made public their belief that featuring the presidents on the dollar would increase public acceptance of a circulating dollar coin. I am inclined to disagree, although it may stimulate collector interest and would have a positive impact on our hobby, I think it would have little or no impact on use of the coin in circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>In case anyone missed this issue in the news, here is a link from a week or so ago...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20040429/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/dollar_coin_4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20040429/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/dollar_coin_4" rel="nofollow">http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/ap/20040429/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/dollar_coin_4</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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