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Message:: [QUOTE="Drago the Wolf, post: 779009, member: 22476"]Hey, has anyone heard whether or not, the dime and/or half might be redesigned? The penny and nickel got new looks, and the quarter and $1 coin are still getting new looks every month, so, is there any chance of a redesigned dime or half? I know this sounds stupid to most people, but here is a bill I propsed to Congress: Section 1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the "Famous Dogs Half Dollar Coin Act" Sec 2. Design and Issuance of Half Dollar Coins, Featuring Famous Dogs of U.S. History (a) Notwithstanding the Authority of the Secretary of the Treasury under the 8th undesignated paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act, beginning in 2011, coins in the denomination of 50 cents, shall be redesigned, and have such designs, and shall be in such form and tenor as the Secretary may select in accordance with this section. (b) These new Famous Dog Half Dollars will be sized in between the 5-cent coin, and the quarter dollar coin, and shall have features to distinguish the new half dollars from 5-cent, quarter dollars and one dollar coins. Two such features will be a copper color to the new half dollars, to help distinguish the new, smaller sized half dollar coins from the 5-cent, quarter and one dollar coins in color, and the shape of the new halves would be of an "octagon" type of shape, to help distinguish the new half dollar coins from 5-cent, quarter dollars and one dollar coins in shape. These new features will help consumers tell the new sized half dollars from quarter and one dollar coins for the visually impaired, and in poorly lighted places. These new, smaller and more distinguishable half dollars, may be used more, due to the new half dollar coins weighing less than the current, larger half dollar coin, and will also save the government money, on less metal(s) being used, to mint half dollar coins. This new design for the half dollar may also solve consumers's problems with the issue of half dollar coins being too heavy. (c) The "Famous Dogs Half Dollar Coin Act" shall be a 9 year program that shall feature four new obverses of the half dollar coin, honoring four different famous dogs per year, to honor dogs for serving man kind for tens of thousands of years, and shall honor and feature such fallen dogs as, fire, police, rescue, military and sled dogs who served or lost their lives, serving man kind, with Balto being the first to be honored. Each honored dog's name and breed, and the words "In God We Trust" shall be stamped into the obverse of these new half dollars, and shall border around the bottom of the "heads" side of these new coins. (d) The reverse of the new half dollars shall feature three different designs per every three years of the program. The Gray Wolf shall be featured on the reverse of these new half dollars for the first three years. The Coyote shall be featured on the reverse of these new half dollars for the second three years. And the North American Red Fox shall be featured on the reverse of these new half dollars for the last three years. This will help us honor and respect both tame breed dogs and the wild ancestors that these dogs came from. "Gray Wolf " shall be stamped in the reverse design of the first three years, "Coyote" shall be stamped on the reverse design of the second three years, and "North American Red Fox" shall be stamped on the reverse design of the last three years, and shall border the picture of the coin's respective, wild dog's picture/design around the bottom of "tails" side of these coins. (e) These new half dollar coins shall not include or feature dogs, that were famous for being in movies/shows/films, or for being a famous celebrity or presidential pet, etc. The "Famous Dogs Half Dollar Coin Act" shall only honor dogs that were true life serving, life saving, real life heroes, with the exception of the wild dog ancestors of the dogs being featured on the reverse of such coins. Sec 3. Reverting to a Permanent Design After the "Famous Dogs" half dollar program ends, the half dollar coin shall revert back to a modified John F. Kennedy half dollar design, to fit the new half dollar coins, unless another design is legislated and chosen, however, the "Post-Famous Dogs" half dollar coins shall retain the same size, shape, composition, and weight as the "Famous Dogs" half dollar coins were minted with. NOTE: I talked with NAMA (National Automatic Merchandising Association) and they stated that the current half dollar coin is about 15% larger and 40% heavier than the $1 coin, so, in order for any chance of a successful circulating, vending machine friendly half dollar coin, the current half dollar coin would have to be significantly redesigned (likely made smaller). Which is why I suggested a much smaller size, and different shape for the "Famous Dogs" and "Post-Famous Dogs" series, half dollar coins.  END I know many people think that dogs are "just dumb animals" and don't matter but I have read that dogs have sereved man kind for over 30,000 years, so, why can't we give this small tribute to man's best friend? I believe Canada did some kind of special dog series in the 1990s, but they were not for general circulation. But I'm sure that the "Famous Dogs" program would spark a bit more interest in the half. Oh, and I have a few versions of this bill, including a version where the half remains its current size as well. I only proposed a size change in one version because of what NAMA told me about the half. Sorry if this idea is stupid. I don't mean to make anyone here, mad.[/QUOTE]

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