If you could meet someone depictied on a coin
KiltedOne
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I was just thinking about this as I was having my coffee this morning.
If you could meet a person currently or once depicted on a US coin, who would it be?
I would pick Ben Franklin. I think he was one of the most influential men of his time, was a world traveler, loved to party, liked to play with lots of weird stuff (was generally a 18th century geek), loved the ladies, enjoyed a practical joke or two, had immense patience, was a keen observer of human nature, generally kept his mouth shut and let others insert their foot as needed - but when he spoke he spoke volumes, and of course even though he never held elected office, was one of the most influential politicians ever.
Who would you pick?
Happy New Year everyone.
If you could meet a person currently or once depicted on a US coin, who would it be?
I would pick Ben Franklin. I think he was one of the most influential men of his time, was a world traveler, loved to party, liked to play with lots of weird stuff (was generally a 18th century geek), loved the ladies, enjoyed a practical joke or two, had immense patience, was a keen observer of human nature, generally kept his mouth shut and let others insert their foot as needed - but when he spoke he spoke volumes, and of course even though he never held elected office, was one of the most influential politicians ever.
Who would you pick?
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<< <i>I would pick Ben Franklin. >>
Wouldn't it make more sense to meet someone who was still alive?
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<< <i>Abe Lincoln. To tell him not to go to Fords Theater. >>
Kennedy to tell him to stay out of Dallas.
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Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
Thomas Jefferson followed soon after by Benjamin Franklin.
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<< <i>The girl on the Standing Liberty Quarter. Type 1 of course
It was generally accepted that her name was Dora Doscher.
I was going to go with Lincoln, and now have to to include Jefferson and Franklin. A tough choice, but any of them is a keeper.
BTW, I thought General Jackson was a member of this forum whose nom de post is "stoner"
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But since those were the obvious picks and already chosen, I guess I might pick John Adams, John Quincy Adams, or William Bradford (from the Pilgrim half), since they're distant ancestors of mine. I'd pick their brains over the family geneaology a bit before moving on to what life was like in the early 19th (and early 17th) centuries.
or risk turning the world inside out and upside down. Same holds true for the future (which, of course, I've travelled to extensively) .... I can tell you only this (and you can't do anything to change it either)
Oprah becomes the first American to buy a foreign country (can't tell you which one, wouldn't want to ruin the surprise). Well, off to meet Thomas Edison, (wish I could tell him about microchips)....
see you all in the future!
<< <i>This guy.
Who dat? Fred Sanford?
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A lady who stirred up the sensitivities of Catholic Spain in the early 19th century. Yup, I'd like to meet her.
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<< <i>Eunice Shiver....so i could slap her in the mouf for being so danged ugly!
How sad to make such disparaging remarks about someone who accomplished so much for the benefit of so many in her lifetime (funny symbol or not). Perhaps if you would google her name using the correct spelling, Shriver, you will feel diffferently. I hope so.
Myself, I would like to meet President Lincoln, to better understand the trials and tribulations he went through. I would believe it was a much more difficult time than we could humanly imagine.
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<< <i>My choice would be Thomas Edison. In fact I'm going to visit him today (using my time machine). I've already visited the others mentioned here and it turns out you can't change history, you can only observe it
or risk turning the world inside out and upside down. Same holds true for the future (which, of course, I've travelled to extensively) .... I can tell you only this (and you can't do anything to change it either)
Oprah becomes the first American to buy a foreign country (can't tell you which one, wouldn't want to ruin the surprise). Well, off to meet Thomas Edison, (wish I could tell him about microchips)....
see you all in the future!
Thomas Edison would be interesting, but I don't think he was not on the same level as his rival Nikola Tesla.
So I would choose Tesla.
I'd bet a 93-S she was a hot momma in her day..
<< <i>Anna Williams (Morgan dollar= femme fatale.
I'd bet a 93-S she was a hot momma in her day.. >>
She was a school teacher.
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Maybe Eleanor Roosevelt should have been on coin
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<< <i>I'd have to think P.T. Barnum would be cool to hang out with. >>
I'd think that it would be much cooler to "hang" with someone already hanging out!
Actually, Sacagawea. Where would the Lewis and Clark Expedition have ended up without her? Albuquerque?
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Franklin was the sixth President (Governor) of Pennsylvania, elected 4 times to three full terms (the limit) and one partial term of 11 days.
He was first elected on Oct 18, 1785 and Oct 29, 1785 and served to 1788. He did not believe in collecting pay for this job and so left the money in trust for Phildelphia and Boston for 200 years after which they could claim the principle..
He twiced helped out my family. He was an investor in scheme to bring German farmers from Pennsylvania to Nova Scotia (in the part that became New Brunswick) in 1766. Those were some of my wife's ancestors. Towards the end of the trust period my son received a loan for his medical education from the Franklin fund. Thank you, Dr. Franklin.
edited to replace "Mr." with "Dr."
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Maybe the "woman" on the Barber coins to see if it actually IS a woman
1) I would tell him how prayer is band from Schools be cause separation of church and state. I would love to hear his response to that.
2) I would tell him how in a partial Birth abortion, early labor is induced. Then when the child's head becomes visible, a hole is drill in the infants head and the infants brain is sucked out. Then I would inform him our great supreme Court says this is a women's right to choose.
3) I would tell him how a Judge was forced to remove a copy of the ten commandments from the hallway out side his court room.
4) I would tell him how the supreme Court views cruel and unusual punishment today! It would be interesting to see his response to that, seeing hanging was the proffered method in his day!
5) I would inform him how pornography is freedom of speech today.
6) I would tell him about the immigration/Terrorism problem we face today, how most reasonable solutions are stuck down today by saying its racial profiling.
Sorry! just needed to get a little off my chest, Feel free to add on if you wish.
<< <i>US coin people, too new for me. I'll take Roman emporers, thanks. >>
The openning post asked specifically about U.S. coins. If we expand the question to include world coins, my answer would have to be Jesus.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin
(... meeting Winged Lady Liberty at the same time would prove to be rather interesting as well!)
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