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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 834658, member: 19065"]<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/members/swish513/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/members/swish513/">swish513</a> I Never said that RR flat out shouldn't be on a note, but that he'd already had some prominence on denominational issues. Earlier I may have expressed it's far far too soon for him to be on a note due to the exact controversy that this thread has demonstrated: be it through absurdisms, those offended by the notion, or the repeated cheerleading in agreement by a single member... It's just too soon in all likelihood to see RR on a note. The bill proposed to put him there will be many years in the making to get his likeness in circulation. </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I agree with you that the presidents need be removed from future coin and currency replaced with allegorical images of liberty, commerce, and the like... the eagle, our great wildlife and natural wonders... anything but politicians. Let them have the commemoratives and medals where they already exist in abundance. </p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to the stamp and forthcoming Presidential dollar coin in 2016, RR was also put on some sort of commemorative double eagle medal produced in the 1980s... not by the US Mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 834658, member: 19065"][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/members/swish513/"]swish513[/URL] I Never said that RR flat out shouldn't be on a note, but that he'd already had some prominence on denominational issues. Earlier I may have expressed it's far far too soon for him to be on a note due to the exact controversy that this thread has demonstrated: be it through absurdisms, those offended by the notion, or the repeated cheerleading in agreement by a single member... It's just too soon in all likelihood to see RR on a note. The bill proposed to put him there will be many years in the making to get his likeness in circulation. Personally, I agree with you that the presidents need be removed from future coin and currency replaced with allegorical images of liberty, commerce, and the like... the eagle, our great wildlife and natural wonders... anything but politicians. Let them have the commemoratives and medals where they already exist in abundance. In addition to the stamp and forthcoming Presidential dollar coin in 2016, RR was also put on some sort of commemorative double eagle medal produced in the 1980s... not by the US Mint.[/QUOTE]
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