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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;crystalk64, post: 40429, member: 1873&quot;]Coinjoe I STILL disagree! We are honoring the men, NOT the country and it is time for a change. Our coins are collected all over the world and we are passing up an enormous opportunity to present our country and our values on those little advertising billboards we all know as coins! I have repeatedly had to tell foreign collectors, whom I have traded with, just who those fellows are on the coins they received as they don&#039;t have a clue, as you and I well know, their names are NOT on the coins! To foreigners they are just a nameless face from the U.S. who did apparently did&nbsp; something some time ago. Many countries at least identify the individual&#039;s portrait on the coin and we can&#039;t even do that! While I agree the Presidents should remain on our paper bills, and be commemorated on the same, I will demand until the day I die to remove them from our coinage. After you get past Washington most of the LEADING of our troops or our nation was done at the oval office where it is safe and sound. Like it or not most Presidents happened to be in the right place, or wrong place according to your thought process, at the right time in history and that determines their historical standings and importance. They must take the cards they are dealt with by a world usually in turmoil and most don&#039;t ask for what they actually get themselves involved in but must make the best of any given situation at any given time. History will then determine the importance of any specific event and be duly recorded. The Presidency is a JOB with great pay and perks and having that job for 4 or 8 years doesn&#039;t necessarily make you a great man or leader. We could go down the list and none of us would agree on the same great Presidents as we all have our favorites. Off the top of my head, lets take Jimmy Carter? Good, bad or great? Worthy of a coin? I hope you see my point![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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