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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ziggy29, post: 15493, member: 1113&quot;]This shows that you can&#039;t kill dead presidents off coins, sadly.&nbsp; Except for Ike, I guess, which was sort of a special case because they discontinued the dollar coin in &quot;his size.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>Look at the latest casualties.&nbsp; Franklin was toast on the half dollar and now Hamilton may be out the door on the $10.&nbsp; Note that these founders are among the only non-presidents on our money.&nbsp; Washington very much feared the likenesses of presidents on coins, saying it seemed too much like monarchy.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If we honored his memory as much as we claim to, the best thing we can do is get them *all* off of our coins.&nbsp; There is no way that any president can be removed from our money at this point unless ALL of them are given equal time.&nbsp; It&#039;s a very, very sad commentary on the state of our money and the politics that have overtaken it.&nbsp; All that would be left in terms of non-presidents (except for the dollar coin which is doomed to fail as long as the $1 bill is printed) is Franklin on the $100.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>They may have to start creating new denominations once a few more presidents come and go in the decades to come.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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