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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hommer, post: 2539262, member: 73266&quot;]The deadline has passed and I am left with a bit of bewilderment here. There was only one &quot;official&quot; entrant.</p><p>With so much information available and easily accessible from the Internet, this was an easy contest, and I had really hoped that more had participated, for the educational part of it, to me at least, was a greater prize than the coin.</p><p>Other than the time of the Independence of our Nation and the writing of our Constitution, has there been a lasting effect of history on the United States than the decade of 1860 to 70. There are volumes&nbsp;&nbsp; upon volumes written on the civil unrest and the laws passed during this time that are still in effect today. So much so, that a person such as Spencer M. Clark could be over looked as being a part of it. Each time I read the question: &quot;Why do we only have dead people on our money?&quot;, I think of, not only the tradition set forth by George Washington&#039;s refusal to have his likeness placed on a coin, but also the law that was passed because of Clark&#039;s arrogant decision to place his own portrait on currency. </p><p>Though he didn&#039;t give the main answer I was hoping for, he did enter and is the winner of the coin. Congratulations [USER=56712]@ace71499[/USER], pm your address and I will get this out to you.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]543933[/ATTACH]</p><p>I did get another reply from an older member here and am pleased that someone else learned a little from the contest, including me, as I continue to seek out and learn about not only the history of our country, but the part of that history that is attached to our hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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