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Message:: [QUOTE="Drago the Wolf, post: 780157, member: 22476"]Actually, I agree that the half should stay the same size, not only to avoid confusion, but to add extra detail on all of that large space for the Famous Dogs series and the Post-Famous Dog half dollar coin design. So I made some changes. The revised bill:  BEGIN 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) 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. (c) 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. (d) 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 the current half dollar design, featuring President John F. Kennedy, unless a new design is otherwise legislated. END This is probably what will be the final concept. As for those of you who say that the $2 bill and half dollar coin should be eliminated, I disagree totally. No offense but I like these denominations, probably because they are odd, and the fun might wear off, spending them if they become common, but still, I'm young enough to where I've never experienced a well, wide circulated $2 or half, so I would like to see these denominations live again, in my lifetime. Same with $500 and $1,000 bills (and hey, $200 bills would be something NEW for US ALL <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )[/QUOTE]

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