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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 897163, member: 19065"]The interesting part of the poll that I put up with this thread (found at the top of the page), which allows members to vote on multiple choices, is that no one (so far) made a selection for the last item on the list, "US coins/notes should <u>not</u> feature allegorical figures of liberty, freedom or national symbols." </p><p><br /></p><p>It would seem that the other selections are the most debatable and contestable, leaving some sector of the population unsatisfied should other choices win out and in turn the most <i>accepted</i> choice to appease all would be to return to <i>allegorical figures of liberty, freedom or national symbols... </i>which is probably a key factor of using a symbol rather than actual persons' likenesses to begin with as was once expressly stated in the designing of US coin and currency.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 897163, member: 19065"]The interesting part of the poll that I put up with this thread (found at the top of the page), which allows members to vote on multiple choices, is that no one (so far) made a selection for the last item on the list, "US coins/notes should [U]not[/U] feature allegorical figures of liberty, freedom or national symbols." It would seem that the other selections are the most debatable and contestable, leaving some sector of the population unsatisfied should other choices win out and in turn the most [I]accepted[/I] choice to appease all would be to return to [I]allegorical figures of liberty, freedom or national symbols... [/I]which is probably a key factor of using a symbol rather than actual persons' likenesses to begin with as was once expressly stated in the designing of US coin and currency.[/QUOTE]
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