Nickel Hijack One signature away from Law

cosmicdebris

All that is left is for the Prez to sign the law and the Nickel has been officiallty hijacked.

On a side note I sent a email to George Allen one of the Virginia Senators that sponsered this hijacking that I was against mandating that Jefferson and Monticello will return after 3 years. Part of reply:



<< <i> I have sponsored legislation to commorate the Lewis and Clark expedition on the nickel. Rest assured, however, the image of Monticello will be returned after 3 years. >>



This jerk did not even read my letter. If he did he would not have answered with the above.

meos1

And you expected he think or read.... You needed to get his attention. Try waiving a franklin (not the coin) in his face. These fellas do not care about us. They already have "friends" and are beholding to them.

Dan, Justice is just that...Just for us

airplanenut

Maybe GWB's Texas pride will actually come in handy...

goose3

post this clown's email address!!!!!!!

Steve27

I can see it now " 2004 Lewis and Clark Expedition Commemorative Coin and Nickel Set." The mint will probably make an SMS version of the nickel too.

cosmicdebris

The Lewis and Clark nickel will be out for 2003, 2004 and 2005.

This clown can be emailed HERE.

pontiacinf

HEY NOW i stand behind matte issues 100%

VonZipper

Yeah bring on the SMS version,please.

Steve

As I understand the law, there is no reason why the House of Representatives and the US Senate can not sponsor NEW legislation sometime between now and December, 2005 to then pass a bill authorizing a new design on the five cent piece and over ruling this legislation. If the President then signs the bill, IT will control what design appears on 2006 five cent coins. If I am incorrect about this, please let me know. Thanks, Steve

riverman

Several months ago, I thought the nickel wouldn't be redesigned
at all. An image of Monticello will return after 3 years. The current rev
(1938-present) of the Jefferson nickel will probably never return in the
exact way it is now. In the last Teletrade auction, some of the PCGS
MS66 nickels went for strong prices.

cosmicdebris

By the way I am looking forward to the change for the next three years. Another Matte Proof SMS nickel would be cool.

Steve maybe this law can be changed in time to get something else on the nickel in 2006.

goose3

I just sent this.................

Please correct me if I am wrong but you are one of the elected parties responsible for "hi-jacking" the nickel design.

I have read NUMEROUS letters and discussions about this topic and have yet to see just ONE in support of this. I have not seen anyone from Virginia speaking out for it either.

I found/find the entire subject and process to be a ridiculous waste of taxpayer's money to pay for the egos of a few Virginians. It would be equally ridiculous for an Ohio senator to sponsor legislation mandating that "our" state quarter design become and remain THE quarter.

Believe me I have nothing against Jefferson. In fact one of the best trips I ever took was to Monticello. I do have a problem with a miniscule amount of people deciding something so silly and wasting our time and money to do it.

It is time for a facelift to ALL circulating coinage and a TOTAL redesign of the dollar coin. Copy the size, color, design of the Canadian Loon and do away with the 1.00 bill and save us all some money! Hopefully someone will open their eyes and realize the obvious. I also hope that someone sponsors some sort of legislation to give the UNITED STATES NICKEL back to The United States.

Thanks!

cladking

Steve: You're quite right, of course. It will be impossible to start the redesign
process with the nickel because of this law, but there is still nothing to prevent an
overhaul. The three year design change will be great for the nickel, collectors, and
ironically the Monticello Foundation since it will focus attention not only on the new
coins but to a lesser extent on the older version. The current nickel will be in circu-
lation for many decades if inflation doesn't destroy it's value. Virginia would actually
get more attention as time past if a new nickel were introduced.

This isn't so much a case of the glass being half empty or half full as it is a case of the
glass being overflowing. Virginia alone can not stand in the way of redesign and they
are likely to eventually become a supporter. In the meantime we gain another oppor-
tunity to interest a lot more people in collecting.

cosmicdebris

I sent him another letter too:

I recently sent you a letter explainging how and why I am AGAINST Jefferson and Monticello returning to the nickel after 2006. You did reply, however, I do not believe you even read my letter.

If you did you would not have replied with: "I have sponsored legislation to commorate the Lewis and Clark expedition on the nickel. Rest assured, however, the image of Monticello will be returned after 3 years."

I have not seen any public support for your hijacking of the nickel anywhere. Everybody I have talked to have said they are sick of dead presidents on circulating coinage and wish the U.S. would go back to alligorical images of Liberty.

Believe me I am going to do everything in my power to get your nickel hijack law ammended so we can have the 2007 nickel redesigned without a dead president and Monticello on it.