for those curious which of the 2010 prez buck portraits were picked......
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.....here they be. 
"government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
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Looks like it's finally getting its due, on a coin.
Lincoln visited Alexander Gardner’s Washington photo studio on November 8 that year. Gardner took many portraits of the president, with his generally unruly hair coiffed, his suit pressed, sitting erect in the Brady posing chair. The most memorable portrait from that session is this—the so-called “Gettysburg Lincoln.” It’s a dramatic portrait, but intimate: see the firm but irregular set of Lincoln’s mouth, notice his lazy left eye. As Reed says, this is one of the finest of all Lincoln photographs.
I predict that the Lincoln dollar will be hugely popular. It will be saved by people around the world, like the JFK half dollar was in 1964.
<< <i>Looks like it's finally getting its due, on a coin. >>
I wouldn't call any art appearing on a modern coin "getting its due," unless it was modern clip art designed for specifically for our lacklustre and uninspired coinage.
<< <i>I predict that the Lincoln dollar will be hugely popular. It will be saved by people around the world, like the JFK half dollar was in 1964. >>
I predict that your prediction will be correct!
The name is LEE!
<< <i>And so it continues... ugly coins representing the complete lack of artistic talent at the mint and rampant political correctness. Cheers, RickO >>
......i agree, ricko. and it doesn't help matters with the edge lettering! i think it's a dumb idea! JMHO
<< <i>The Fillmore looks like a cross between Steven Seagal and Alec Baldwin. The series to date is unimpressive to me as well. >>
Maybe Seagal and Baldwin look like Fillmore. Now they know who to cast should the role of a lifetime become available.
<< <i>I wouldn't call any art appearing on a modern coin "getting its due," >>
"Getting its due" in the sense of being disseminated on tens of millions of coins of the realm.
Many millions of the Lincoln dollars will essentially become NCLT (non-circulating legal tender). They'll rest in collections, curio cabinets, and cigar boxes throughout Europe, Asia, and Latin America. They'll be framed. . . encased in snaplock holders. . . fashioned into secondary-market commemorative collectibles (keychains, etc.). . . put away for the grandkids. . . etc.