If Kennedy wasn't assassinated who would.......

morgansforever

be on the half dollar today? Staying on topic, of course.

ziggy29

Probably still Franklin, though there would likely be a strong push and political fight to replace him with Reagan.

Craton

The man who should be on there anyway, Ben Franklin!

TheRaven

Would probably still be Benjamin Franklin.....

If not it would probably be some PC crap like the dollar.....

Bear

David Hall?

morgansforever

Was thinkin Billy, never mind, he's not dead yet

morgansforever

The man who should be on there anyway, Ben Franklin!


You mean the guy with the kite

19Lyds

I see no reason why it would have changed from Ben Franklin. After all, we still have Lincoln, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Washington.

morgansforever

On a serious note, who will be the next to appear on the half?

ziggy29

<< <i> On a serious note, who will be the next to appear on the half? >>

You think Massachusetts will be any more inclined to remove Kennedy than Virginia was to remove Monticello?

morgansforever

I see no reason why it would have changed from Ben Franklin. After all, we still have Lincoln, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Washington.


Good point

morgansforever

You think Massachusetts will be any more inclined to remove Kennedy than Virginia was to remove Monticello?

IMO Kennedy will be on the half for decades to come, if the Mint is still making coins.

TAClough

<< <i>If Kennedy wasn't assassinated who would....... >>



Ike would have been on the half instead of the dollar and Truman would have been on the dollar, both coins issued in 1971

Barndog

political infighting has doomed us to unimaginative circulation coin designs for generations to come

Connecticoin

The half dollar will die with JFK being the last design.

morgansforever

Ike would have been on the half instead of the dollar and Truman would have been on the dollar, both coins issued in 1971

Give em hell Harry, my favorite president. It took a strong man to end WWII, many died, many U.S. service members saved, worthy of a place on half or a dollar.

sliderider

I don't think it would still be Franklin. Someone would have made a push for someone else to be on it before now. Maybe Dr. King??

morgansforever

How bout Senator Edward M. Kennedy? Would there be enough room for his profile?

ziggy29

This thread just reminds me of how politics have taken over our coinage, and the only fair way to take someone off is to take ALL of 'em off and leave 'em off, and if you want to recognize them, put 'em on a commem when a major anniversary arrives.

morgansforever

I don't think it would still be Franklin. Someone would have made a push for someone else to be on it before now. Maybe Dr. King??

A worthy candidate, no doubt

fcloud

They would have come up with some lame politically corret thing to do like they did with the Anthony Dollars.

MacCrimmon

<< <i>How bout Senator Edward M. Kennedy? Would there be enough room for his profile? >>



Franklin with the new spaghetti-doo.....maybe a chin tuck for his 300th.

morgansforever

This thread just reminds me of how politics have taken over our coinage, and the only fair way to take someone off is to take ALL of 'em off and leave 'em off, and if you want to recognize them, put 'em on a commem when a major anniversary arrives.


So just a blank coin, no devices, no fields?

morgansforever

Franklin with the new spaghetti-doo.....maybe a chin tuck for his 300th.


That was funny.

ziggy29

<< <i>So just a blank coin, no devices, no fields? >>

They didn't have blank coins before they started putting real political figures on them...

Musky1011

Skull and Crossbones---Obverse
All Seeing Eye-- Reverse

Jim

morgansforever

Skull and Crossbones---Obverse

Isn't that a little abrasive?

Cladiator

<< <i>This thread just reminds me of how politics have taken over our coinage, and the only fair way to take someone off is to take ALL of 'em off and leave 'em off, and if you want to recognize them, put 'em on a commem when a major anniversary arrives.


So just a blank coin, no devices, no fields? >>

I believe putting Lady Liberty on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse would accomplish the goal.

morgansforever

I believe putting Lady Liberty on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse would accomplish the goal.



I could deal with that

roadrunner

King George II ?

roadrunner

bhartman35

I'd like to see another walking Liberty, similar to the Weissman design, maybe, but updated. Some incarnation of Liberty should be there, regardless. The days of presidents (or political figures in general) on coins should be over. It's well overdue.

Cameonut

I think there is a good chance Kennedy would still be on the half dollar today regardless.

If he had survived, he would be about 89 today - the demographics are against him so he probably would have died anyway by now. Since he was a very popular President, he could easily have still been in line to be on the half if he didn't fall out of favor.

And if you don't like my logic on that one, I think Reagan would have had a great shot at displacing Franklin as he was also a very popular President.

anablep

Franklin or Ike.

Elysium

I imagine they would have tired of franklin and put a president (deceased) on the coin. Probably the most recently deceased (Reagan).

Musky1011

<< <i>Skull and Crossbones---Obverse

Isn't that a little abrasive? >>




No

Did you hear the one that they are making a new pirate movie????

Rated RRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!

michael

harry s truman

or dwight eisenhower

then who would have been on the "ike" dollar??

frankieboywonder

<< <i>

<< <i>How bout Senator Edward M. Kennedy? Would there be enough room for his profile? >>



Franklin with the new spaghetti-doo.....maybe a chin tuck for his 300th. >>




Thank God the Franklin WAS retired BEFORE clad coinage, and even worse........................spaghetti hair!!! As it is, we only know the Franklin as a well-struck, 90% silver piece.

morgansforever

Great input, keep it coming. Can't believe the post hasn't been nuked, stay on topic

TAClough

<< <i>How bout Senator Edward M. Kennedy? Would there be enough room for his profile? >>



The reverse of the coin, could have a car driving off of a bridge?

GoldenEyeNumismatics

still franklin

construct

Eisenhauer would have taken Franklin's place. There wouldn't have been a new dollar coin. I don't think there was a felt need for one in 1971. In fact, there may not have been SBAs or Sacs if Kennedy hadn't been assassinated.

gyocomgd

<< <i>On a serious note, who will be the next to appear on the half? >>



Hillary Clinton obverse, Monica Lewinsky reverse.

Coxe

Liberty would have been best, as a response to those who say Franklin should be on it.

To those who said it should die with Kennedy being the last design, I feel completely the opposite. We need a currency realignment, eliminating the cent and the second decimal place in the process. Issue the cent, nickel and the quarter in collector sets only and eliminate them from circulating coinage. The dime would be the lowest anchor and only a half dollar as another fractional dollar piece, but smaller, about the size of the current nickel. And of course, coin $1 and some higher denominations for real use, getting rid of a little paper.

That said, I think Franklin would still be on the half if Kennedy wasn't killed. After all, we still have FDR on the dime, Washington on the quarter, Lincoln on the cent, Jefferson on the nickel and no change of personalities (even that load of a president, Grant) on our paper currency. The only change I can think of was the dollar coin. Ike was dropped when the big format was.

lordmarcovan

Kind of interesting to think of clad Franklin halves.

Coxe

<< <i>Kind of interesting to think of clad Franklin halves. >>



And I wonder if they would have ruined the design by reengraving his hair like they did with Washington.

TwoSides2aCoin

Castro

I mean...... since we start a thread with : " IF", we may as well have an international SPY RING, too.
~Darkside~

WillieBoyd2

Glorious Leader George W. Bush
Conquerer of Iraq

kiyote

Toss in my hat for MLK as well, even though I hate dead people on coins, the fact we're going to have William H Harrison on a coin before Dr. King is almost scandalous.

1907Quarter

Millard Fillmore, of course!