ronald reagan dime

littlebear329 · February 27, 2004 9:38AM

i read in a magazine today where a bill is going to congress to put ronald reagan on the dime.couldn't they find a better person to put on a coin, and i thought susan b. anthony's were ugly. i say keep the dime the way it is, whats all of your opinions

airplanenut · February 27, 2004 9:40AM

I saw we put Liberty back on the dime

kamehameha00 · February 27, 2004 9:40AM

Put liberty on it, not an old, almost-dead president.

quattrocoins · February 27, 2004 9:42AM

Bring back the Winged Liberty and the freedom it represents!

LucyBop · February 27, 2004 9:42AM

Honey, this is a killer dime:

coinkat · February 27, 2004 9:43AM

Removing FDR from the Dime would be outrageous. It is equally outrageous that there was not something done for the Roosevelt centennial in 1983.

If people are hell bent on having Reagan on something, put him on a $500 bill.

ksteelheader · February 27, 2004 9:43AM

Put something different on all of our coins. And, not Liberty either. It's already been there! Just look at all of the great coins being minted by other countries. Like Canada....Ken

quattrocoins · February 27, 2004 9:44AM

Lucy,

You got me waitin' for that "dime" to wink!

Tootawl · February 27, 2004 9:46AM

<< Honey, this is a killer dime:

>>

bigbadchad777 · February 27, 2004 9:49AM

Nancy Reagan told the person(s) sponsering the bill to not change the dime.

ConstellatioCollector · February 27, 2004 10:01AM

Barber Dime is real nice!

jakebrake77 · February 27, 2004 10:02AM

I agree, something could be done with the dime. Personally I think it is not a very attractive coin.
Personal opinion only.

hookedoncoins · February 27, 2004 10:04AM

<< Removing FDR from the Dime would be outrageous. It is equally outrageous that there was not something done for the Roosevelt centennial in 1983.

If people are hell bent on having Reagan on something, put him on a $500 bill. >>

They could make a coin for him commemerating the passing of the U.S. debt from billions to trillions.

coppercoins · February 27, 2004 10:10AM

I agree with bringing back the heraldic designs of old, and discontinuing the presidents altogether.

coinkat · February 27, 2004 11:01AM

I really should add the obvious to my earlier comments. FDR did several things for the March of Dimes. It was symbolic that he was placed on the dime to begin with...

Merc · February 27, 2004 11:42AM

Bring back Liberty! As for a Ronald Regan dime, Just Say No!

littlebear329 · February 27, 2004 11:43AM

i agree that fdr served a wonderfull purpose on the dime, since he was so involved in the march of dimes, and i'd also like to see the winged liberty put back on

indianabyron · February 27, 2004 12:31PM

You all can thank my local congressional representive Mark Souder. Or as we call him the retard that wants to have the child labor laws changed so his familys business can use Amish child labor and it wouldnt be illegal. This is a guy I have voted against the past to elections. But somehow he keeps hanging on. LOL this is the guy that said Kentucky was a part of southern Indiana. Now I know that dosent speek very well of is peeps from Indiana but believe me were not all as stupid and ignorant as he is.

Byron

chiefbob · February 27, 2004 11:39PM

Politics aside, there shouldn't be any presidents on our coins other than our founding father, GW, and Abe who saved the Union. I would love to see the Mint do a "Classics Revival" for 10 years after the state quarter program is done. It would be a great stimulus to the hobby, and also $$ for the Treasury. The Buffalo Dollar is a prime example of this.

Failing that, I am starting my Lucy Registry Dime collection.

Bob

SarasotaFrank · February 27, 2004 11:50PM

<< If people are hell bent on having Reagan on something, put him on a $500 bill.

They could make a coin for him commemerating the passing of the U.S. debt from billions to trillions.

>>

pity he screwed up all the great progress Jimmy Carter had made.

fcloud · February 28, 2004 8:45AM

Not to worry. The democrats would never allow the bill to pass. They would probably fillibuster like they did on the judges.

Shamika · February 28, 2004 9:26AM

I've got nothing against either FDR or Ronald Reagan, but I don't care for either of these guys on our coinage.

Miss Liberty should be brought back!

dbldie55 · February 28, 2004 9:35AM

<< Not to worry. The democrats would never allow the bill to pass. They would probably fillibuster like they did on the judges. >>

Well, soon there won't even be enough of them in the senate to do this. I am against this change, but this is certainly not because I don't think Reagan was 1000 times the person that FDR was but I don't think any person deserves to be on our coins.

(I am also unsure why only one person deserves a Holiday. But of course, this was slammed down our throats too, and those that opposed it were called racist. Yep, you are racist if you don't agree to pay people to stay home.)

airplanenut · February 28, 2004 9:37AM

<< Politics aside, there shouldn't be any presidents on our coins other than our founding father, GW >>

Uhhh... George Washington said no president should appear on a coin, and specifically wouldn't allow himself to appear on one...

clackamas · February 28, 2004 9:54AM

So many people in this country have little if any historical knowledge. Putting a person on a coin is a least a start to the education of many. Think of all the little school kids that will hear about Reagan in class with a new dime, just like the state quarters and the Lewis and Clark expedition. Reagan ended the cold war, the most dangerous time in human history was defused by this man. He deserves a coin.

mercurynut · February 28, 2004 10:11AM

Who is more worthy than the greatest President of the last century?

aem4162 · February 28, 2004 12:34PM

the mint needs to get rid of the dead guys and go back to the eagle and liberty. reagan is an atrocious choice for being on a coin.

Blackhawk · February 28, 2004 1:53PM

Lets go back to artful representations of Lady Liberty and the Eagle...to heck with these bland pictures of presidents. Our coins look like cartoons. Isn't there an engraver trained in classical sculpture on the mint's payroll?

ealandg · February 28, 2004 4:06PM

I think we should use something more similar to the old designs. Besides, no offense to Reagan, but I think it is a little inappropriate to put a live president on a coin, anyhow. As long as we're sticking with the "dead president" theme, we should wait until the fellow has passed on before putting him on a coin. How about a Teddy Roosevelt dime? That would be fun.

Conder101 · February 28, 2004 4:32PM

<< So many people in this country have little if any historical knowledge. Putting a person on a coin is a least a start to the education of many. Think of all the little school kids that will hear about Reagan in class with a new dime, >>

The problem with this idea can be demonstrated with the existing coins. The vast majority of the public has no idea who he people are on our coins now and they have been around for the entire lifetime of many of the people using them. What makes you think this would change for a Reagan dime?

Darkslide820 · February 28, 2004 5:04PM

<< I think it is a little inappropriate to put a live president on a coin, anyhow. >>

No offense to you, but I think it's actually illegal to put any living person on a coin. Maybe the bill that this discussion is based around is meant to take action as soon as Reagan dies. Seems a little creepy, though.

I like the classic idea mentioned earlier, you know, after the state quarters are done, have all the "throwback" designs for each denomination. hehe, Morgan "golden" dollars.

Fountainhead · February 28, 2004 9:38PM

1) R.R., sufferring from severe Alzeimer's, is essentially dead anyway.

2) Should it be the traditional side profile, or (my opinion) a three-quarter profile (like on most medals)?

3) I'm not the greatest fan of a number of presidents depicted on our coins and currency. JFK was the first president to build and sustain his (mostly contrived) image via TV: he made himself look great while losing Cuba to the Russians, delaying the civil-rights movement, and making a mess of Vietnam. Roosevelt created his own gov't-paid personal propaganda machine, stole everyone's money, tried to undermine the Supreme Court, and allowed Stalin to control half of Europe after WWII...

I want to keep Jackson on the $20 bill, because I'm sure it makes him roll over in his grave. However, I think I'd want to replace Kennedy on the half-dollar before I removed Roosevelt from the dime. Reagan is the best candidate I can think as a replacement.

ksteelheader · February 28, 2004 9:53PM

How far do you people think a new quarter program would have gotten if we had put back the Liberty and Eagle?

We've had them on coins before, so lets try something new.

The state quarter program has shown to be something that has got people back into collecting.

cosmicdebris · February 28, 2004 10:26PM

What a US coin should look like:

I say get rid of all presidents live or dead from our circulating coinage. Put them on commemoratives.

fcloud · February 28, 2004 10:37PM

Maybe they should put Teddy Kennedy on the dime, or maybe they should come up with a two-cent piece with him on it. We always hear his two cents worth!

SarasotaFrank · February 28, 2004 11:35PM

<< (I am also unsure why only one person deserves a Holiday. But of course, this was slammed down our throats too, and those that opposed it were called racist. Yep, you are racist if you don't agree to pay people to stay home.) >>

Washington and Lincoln had their traditional birthday holiday dates compressed into a single day, but yet MLK has his own specific holiday. Go figure.

ksteelheader · February 29, 2004 12:00AM

Maybe they should put Teddy Kennedy on the dime, or maybe they should come up with a two-cent piece with him on it. We always hear his two cents worth! ...He he! Ted Kennedy wouldn't fit on a coin the size of a dinner plate...

Conder101 · February 29, 2004 12:43AM

<< No offense to you, but I think it's actually illegal to put any living person on a coin. >>

Actually it isn't. It IS illegal to put a living person on the paper currency, but it is perfectly OK to put a living person on a coin. We have had living people on the commemorative coins on I believe at least four occaisions, but never on a regular circulation coin.

AmericanSilverEagleCoins · February 29, 2004 4:09AM

Pamela Anderson!!! Maybe we can get non-US collectors to start collecting our cois too since she is the world's most prolific sex symbol!!

construct · February 29, 2004 4:40AM

A competing bill has been introduced to keep Roosevelt on the dime. It would set the design of the dime by law so that it would take another act of Congress to change the design.

I oppose both bills.

keets · February 29, 2004 4:57AM

...........and why not commemorate on coins designed to commemorate??? you might know the series, they're called Commemoratives. they began way back when with the 1848 CAL. $2-1/2 gold, paused in 1952 and re-started in 1982 with the Washington Half-Dollar which gave recognition to the leader who led the way by not wanting to have his likeness depicted on coinage.

why are points such as this constantly wrangled over?? commemorative coins have a purpose. why not direct energy towards using them properly instead of constantly misappropriating circulating coinage to honor a special interests interest?? depictions of Liberty-----the best and most important aspect of America that we can offer the world-----are the most useful on our circulating coin's obverses.

al h.

jakebrake77 · February 29, 2004 8:13AM

<< Maybe they should put Teddy Kennedy on the dime, or maybe they should come up with a two-cent piece with him on it. We always hear his two cents worth! >>

Amen Brother!!!

ronald reagan dime

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