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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26506340, member: 101855&quot;][USER=43872]@Neal[/USER], I also collect political items dating back to George Washington although the hobby really gets stated with Andrew Jackson in 1824. I don’t recall ever seeing the Kennedy Half Dollar or an image of it used on a political piece. It was certainly not a campaign piece in 1964. The economy was good, and Johnson was riding the wave of positive sentiment toward JFK. Johnson had to withdraw in 1968 because of his unpopular escalation of the Vietnam War. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was not alive when the Roosevelt Dime was introduced, but looking at file footage and reading comments at the time, I think his death was greatly mourned in 1945. Thereafter I would not have complained when his image replaced the Mercury design, which had already had a long run. </p><p><br /></p><p>The quarter was originally proposed as the denomination for the Kennedy coin, but Jackie Kennedy objected to replacing Washington. Therefore the Franklin Half Dollar was replaced prematurely. </p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore we shall agree to disagree. I think that both coins were appropriate at the time. Popular leaders help to pull a nation together and honoring them after death is appropriate. Vapid repeated images of Ms. Liberal get to be like faded wallpaper. They lose their impact unless the design is an outstanding one, like the Walking Liberty Half Dollar. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for feelings toward Kennedy in the South, they were tempered at the time because of his stand on the civil rights issue. Kennedy was in Dallas on that day because he was attempting to shore up his southern flank. I remember reading how Jackie Kennedy commented to the president how warm his reception was just before he was shot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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