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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CoinOKC, post: 41993, member: 2146&quot;]You&#039;re correct, Ed.&nbsp; George Washington and other Founding Fathers would not have approved of their likenesses on coins.&nbsp; Thank goodness the Founding Fathers didn&#039;t create a monarchy whereupon their will would become law, but instead gave our citizens a democracy in which we could choose whether we agreed with their ideas or not.&nbsp; Our current coinage is an expression of that great ideal.&nbsp; I tend to think Washington and other Founding Fathers might look back and say, &quot;I still don&#039;t like the idea of my portrait appearing on a coin, however, I cherish the idea of the people being allowed to choose to do so&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The remainder did not abstain.&nbsp; In this context, &quot;abstain&quot; means &quot;declined to vote&quot;.&nbsp; The remainder did not &quot;decline to vote&quot;, they voted that they didn&#039;t have an opinion one way or the other.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>See above comment. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>... and, perhaps, people who have little or no knowledge of numismatics and the history behind it.&nbsp; Maybe they&#039;re just voting on their personal preferences.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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