Poll: Who should replace Abe Lincoln on the cent post 2009?

XpipedreamR

Abe Vigoda







Abraham Benrubi







F. Murray Abraham






Abe Fortas

Russ

He should be replaced by please specify.

Russ, NCNE

Barry

I voted Other, meaning the cent should be dropped before changing designs.

tsacch

He should be replaced by Sonja Henning

MORGANHUNTER2

Replace Abe with a BUSH- GW would look ok.

XpipedreamR

Vigoda is a surprisingly popular among coin collectors

Baley

They should make various types of commemorative one cent coins in 2009 (of bronze, for collectors) and then just END IT.

however, thanks for a funny poll.

coppercoins

<< <i>I voted Other, meaning the cent should be dropped before changing designs. >>



My sentiments exactly.

fcloud

A symbol of our country. Get the dead presidents off our coins!

Hedger

How about keeping Honest Abe and bring the wheat ears back to celebrate 100 years of the Lincoln Cent.

mgoodm3

Fish!

MrEureka

STEWARTBLAY, of course!

TommyType

I'm going with "other".....Lincoln Continental.

Bochiman

Asia Carrera

TommyType

<< <i>Asia Carrera
>>



Would that be a Bust Cent?

Murphy

As much as I like Abe "Fish" Vigoda, I gotta go with Alan Greenspan on the 2009 1¢.
Edited: (added) I'd like to see him carrying his fat briefcase to work. lol

DMWJR

LanLord

Liberty

cosmicdebris

<< A symbol of our country. Get the dead presidents off our coins!>>

Dockwalliper

Other.....

Neptune

who needs a face anyway - I say a nice cross.

100proof1957

You can bet your last dollar 2009 will include a wheatie !

fountainheadgold

Ronnie Raygun

mhammerman

Yeah, it's Abe Da Fish for me!

ccex

If the cent is not dropped after 2009, I propose that congress allow "In God We Trust", "E Pluribus Unum", and even "Liberty" to no longer be required on the cent to make room for an interesting design. Perhaps there will be room for "sales tax token" or "1/100 dollar" on lieu of "one cent."

As for the subject matter, I too would like to see something other than a dead president, but doubt this will happen in only five years. Abe Lincoln is still fine by me, given all the inertia

If we have to replace Abe, I think the original Chain Cent design would be more appropriate than an image of an actor. If we use an allegorical symbol not yet tried on U.S. coins, how about a one room schoolhouse? This could both celebrate all the penniless families left behind after the "no child left behind" act and give thanks to generations of those who struggled to teach all those varied groups of kids who went on to make up our economy.

Bochiman

Ok,

If not Asia, then maybe Leanni Lei!

I think she would make a great look on the coin, heads or tails



*my 2 suggestions are meant tongue in cheek....but I think it really doesn't matter much as long as it is artistic and the model is not fugly!
I don't give a rat's @$$ if it is another dead president or a hot pornstar (although, the latter would certainly be well saved...though, they would get too much natural "toning"). Too many people worry about the little things. Just don't make it clinton (either one) !

ccex

Abe Fortas? All I remember about him is that after he was forced to leave the Supreme court in 1969, Nixon took a long time to name a successor to him who could be confirmed by the Senate.

One of Nixon's appointees was a judge named Harrold Carswell. Some said that Carswell's judicial record was mediocre, to which Nebraska Senator Roman Hruska rebutted: "Even if he is mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they. . . ?"

Eventually a Nixon appointee named William Rehnquist got the job on the Supreme Court. He was so memorable that a year or two later, President Nixon had to refer to him as
That clown Renchburg