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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lemmyk, post: 311451, member: 5413&quot;]Honontai, when I refer to &quot;the Mint&quot; it is for the entire system/process of making, ok&#039;ing and all of the various branches of government and laws to be written and groups involved with coming up with the designs and whatever, I do not claim to know the entire process and in a way it does not matter because politics does drive the process.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I just use the term &quot;the Mint&quot; for a central scapegoat.That is all.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are right though, and I&#039;m sure I disagree with your point of view but &quot;the Mint&quot; has to follow the politically correct dog of the day, and you can disagree all you want but it is true.</p><p><br /></p><p>One example is the SBA dollar, it appeared because of the times of womens lib and a very liberal President just happened to be in office at the time, Reagan comes in and from what I understand, I admit I don&#039;t know who in the chain but &quot;the Mint&quot; squashed that piece of work. Politically motivated, maybe. The reason always given was &#039;it looks like a quarter&#039; but it didn&#039;t go away until Reagan came in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same can be said for a hundred years ago, Teddy Roosevelt was the force for change, although I&#039;m sure he didn&#039;t write the laws.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m glad someone agrees with some of my points(Philly Dog), wholesale change needs to be made and ironically a bunch of the coins mentioned came about closer to Teddy Roosevelts life than mine today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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