ROOSEY DIMES TO BE A CLOSED SET AFTER 2004?

DANNY

HEY ROOSEY COLLECTORS:
Could 2004 be the last year for the Roosey Dime?
According to an article in NUMISMATIC NEWS, dated 12-16-03,
the Roosey Dime will be redesigned to bear an image of former
President Ronald Reagan per a bill introduced 11-21-03 by
Rep. Mark E. Souder, REP. from Indiana.
According to H.R.3633, the dime would have an image of Reagan
on the Obverse. (No mention of reverse, hopefully something that can't
be graded as "full band")
The bill has 86 co-sponsors and has been referred to the House Committee
on Financial Services.
If this does become a reality, and the Roosey Dime Series becomes a
"closed series", I personally believe that interest in the Roosey Series
will increase drastically.
Maybe to the point of interest currently shown in the "Closed Series"
of the WASH. QTRS.
I do not need to remind anyone what has happened to the prices for
Wash. Qtrs. once the series became "closed".
Any thoughts guys?
Danny Biddle
Paris, KY.

Steve

Quite honestly, there is "no chance in h*ll" that this legislation will pass. It is too partisan and I'm a Republican. Those idiot congressmen need to stop the stupid political fighting and do something for our people. Putting Ronald Reagan on our coinage might be appropriate at sometime in the future, but certainly not now. JMHO. Steve

Casabrown

Hey folks,

As long as we are talking about politically incorrect actions, how about removing Presidents from our coins entirely!

Casabrown

MoneyLA

Actually the idea of a Reagan dime was proposed more than a year ago and was the subject of a thread here before. Some of us even suggested that the change would make the Roosevelt series the next hot series to collect. I also think the dime will be changed to honor Reagan but that might be a few years off. I still think the Roosevelt series will soar in interest and value as a result. Cheers, alan mendelson

RegistryCoin

The passage of coinage changes in Congress can be fickle and could happen at any time (or no time). I'd guess that the Reagan Dime will pass soon, and the closing of the Roosies will be a boon to the series.

DANNY

My feeling is that Ronald Reagan will become the FIRST
living President (past) to be honored in this way.
Danny Biddle
Paris, KY.

MoneyLA

There have been a few living americans on coins, more on paper money, and Im not sure about stamps. Anyone have details on this? Im interested in knowing? cheers, alan mendelson

Keyrock

For now I hope it doesn't pass, simply for the fact it is a 211 year tradition. When Regan passes I think it will get a big push and happen. Nancy made a statement that the Regan family didn't want the legislation to pass, hopefully they will honor her wishes.

Rich

Keyrock

During the civil war Spencer Clark had his image put on the 5 cent 1863 issue of fractional currency.

Clark was the superintendent of the National Currency Bureau and did this without the knowledge or authority of his supervisors (I believe it was to be Clark of Lewis and Clark fame, and he later stated he thought they ment him ). It enranged Congress to the point of passing a law on April 7th 1866 prohibiting the likeness of any living individual on "bonds, securities, notes, fractional or Postal Currency of the United States".

Fairlaneman

Just a opinion here. Donald Duck would look better on a dime instead of another President.

Ken

Stooge

Wasn't there some talk regarding putting Rev. King on the Sac Dollar sometime ago? Personally, and you asked Danny, I would not care to see any other persons dead or alive to be put on any of our future coinage. I believe that Congress should go back to finding better designs and finding "LIBERTY" back on our coins.
I think that President Reagan did alot for our Country and we owe him some gratitute for the things he did, but to put him on a coin would be a drastic mistake. If you put him on a coin, whats to say "Whos next".

Merry X-mas,
Paul B. Gunsallus

DMWJR

Reagan did more for us than Kennedy, IMO.

I also read in the Numismatist today that there could be plastic cents in our future !!! DON'T TELL STEWART!!!!!

RELLA

Between the politics of it all these days and with mass production design requirements rearing up and thrashing artistic merit to within an inch of its life I can only see three results:

1. Collectors will be stuck with the current design forever, even after coinage is no longer used in real commerce and the mint is only filling collector sets...and by that time the design will have been "strengthened and improved" until it a simple raised line drawing on a flat disc of base metal.

2. Just an example of the direction things are heading, but using a future iteration rather than the current situation: An insulting and degrading "modern reinterpretation" (caricature) of a recycled classic design will be chosen to replace the current design, but only on a temporary basis because some hick backwater oasis will raise cain about how removing First-Lady-by-proxy Lewinski (or other valued contributor to our rich political history) from semi-commemorative tin three cent pieces will ruin their tourist economy (which is entirely based on the fact FLBP Ms. L once gave their deputy mayor a fat lip in a scuffle over the single remaining six-pack of Keystone "near beer" at 1:53AM on a Tuesday morning in the local Pump-and-Munch) since without those little triangular disks with her mug shot people will forget who she was and will suddenly stop flocking to the county historical society official site and the adjoining curio shop/go-go bar. By screaming bloody murder said locals will get their way and the original design will be restored after a seventeen week hiatus to commemorate the ten year anniversary of the opening of the one millionth Starbucks location (which, quite ironically, is located in a corner of the previously mentioned gift shop/cabaret). The winning design for the temporary "circulating" commemorative will be a post-modern deconstruction of the reverse design of the classic pattern J-717A...although no one can explain what the heck that has to do with coffee shops.

3. An entirely new design is approved, to commemorate President Reagan. An open competition is held to determine the new design, and top national artists are strongly encouraged to participate. A plethora of tasteful and stunning submissions are brought forward for consideration, and the best among them are chosen as finalists. A daring and original design that is thoughly modern but flawlessly incorporates the finest qualities of classic medallic issues is ultimately annointed as the winning entry. After a short time the new coin, with its award-winning elements "slightly modified" by mint artists to maximize practical modern minting technology and real-world usage patterns, is released to much fanfare. The final product is, quite inexplicably, far worse than what would have been produced by either of the other two scenarios.

RELLA

Stooge

Rella,
Sorry, but I have NO IDEA what you were trying to say in your #2. Do you have a map that goes with that?

Merry X-mas,
Paul B. Gunsallus

RELLA

Stooge,

Start with the "circulating commemorative" nickel BS that just happened and try to match real life facts to my warped vision of what I hope is an alternate future.

I'm not saying this will help...just that I'm not going to do any explaining.

RELLA

cosmicdebris

NO MORE DEAD (OR LIVE) PRESIDENTS ON CIRCULATING U.S. COINAGE.

Come on guys write your senators and Representatives. The state or circulating U.S. coinage is abysmal.