If the men & women on the coins were coin dealers...

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If the men & women depicted on U.S. coins were coin dealers, who would you
like to buy from? Who would you trust the most?

George Washington (I cannot tell a lie...)?

Abraham Lincoln (Honest Abe)?

Ben Franklin (A penny saved is a penny earned)?

Someone else?

oldcameoproofsguy

It would be really hard to buy coins from George Washington. Those wooden teeth would be really distracting. The positive thing is that he probably doesn't have much markup; if he did, he could afford real teeth.
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leothelyon

I'd like to go with my multi great uncle George. (My grandmother (dad's side) was a ninth generation descendent of Mary Ball, George's mother.) Abe would also be a good choice
because he's from my home state. But then there's good ole Ben, where would we be without
his neat kite trick. Because they were all real smart in their day. Ben could be the expert for coins of his era and George could probably have helped Ben out and then some and Abe could tackle the early to mid 1800's. How's that!

Leo

construct

I think Suzie B. I think she would shoot straight and not put up with foolishness. You'd always know where you stand.

nwcs

I would choose Liberty. After all, she believes that all shall be free!

Neil

1907Quarter

Just remember what Lincoln said:
"you can fool some of the people all of the time, you can fool all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time"
sounds like my kind of dealer!

KlectorKid

i would buy them from... the liberty on a merc or a saint ...

RLinn

I'm thinking Ben Franklin. Didn't he do that kite and key thing in the middle of a lightning storm? Probably some closet coin doctor testing a new AT technoque. Or maybe he was just looking for the original sonic sealing method for the really early slabs.

leothelyon

Changed my mind. I think that lady on the SLQ would be a great choice. What guy wouldn't want to buy coins (all day) from a scantly dressed gal.

Leo

cladking

Ike looks like he knows what he's doing, but alas he probably only deals in classics.

TheNumish

Thomas Jefferson would be the best. Isn't he the one that brought the decimal system to our coinage? He'd be the best grader and know if any of the coins were AT or worked on but would never sell them. You could also get into some cool coversations about Seperation of Church and State, freedom and all that good stuff. If he had a grading service he'd call it Declaration of Indepence Grading. DIG. Can you dig it? I know, it was a dumb joke. Sorry, it's early.

DHeath

From my icon of course, or from Anthony De Francicsi's wife.