What denomination should Reagan appear on? (coin)

[cmayer]

First, understand that Reagan will appear on some denomination of currency. The only question is, which one?

Since only 10 choices are allowed, there will be two seperate polls, one for coin, one for bills.

Vote in one or the other, unless you think he should be on both a coin and a bill.

On edit: Here is the link for bills:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1761220

[Xenolith]

1. Quarter

Because he was, in essence, a two-bit actor

[ILREP.]

15. n

[lcooksey]

16. LOL! (eom)

[drdigi420]

2. Other - 1/3 dollar coin

1. Impossible to make change

2. % of his mental capacities during his 2cnd term

3. % of people who realize how bad he was for America

[demnan]

3. Nickel - but only if it's wooden.

[DinahMoeHum]

4. Wooden nickel.

:evilgrin:

[Dr.Phool]

5. One dollar coin

Because nobody uses them, and the tend to disappear quickly.

[leyton]

6. Penny, so we can retire it. eom

7. the penny and then we can phase them out

:evilgrin:

[LuminousX]

8. $1 coin... c'mon, they are only good for vending machines anyway

And we can put a woman on the $10. Hamilton can share the space.

[readmylips]

9. $100 Gold Piece....he screwed the middle class and the poor....

and they wouldn't be able to afford gold pieces, therefore, never have to touch Raegan's face. Let the rich get the Raegan gold coins.

We can develop a new currency for Raegan and call it 'the Gipper.'

[samhonk]

17. There's a precedent -

Neal Stephenson's book "Snow Crash" has a bill called the Gipper in it. It's a post-hyperinflation bill worth $1 quadrillion.

[wuushew]

25. Don't forget that F.D.R. outlawed gold currency during the depression

so any coin minted would be only a Franklin mint type piece that would never be circulated. Since the two dollar bill is STILL printed and CIRCULATED those voting for the $3 dollar bill must be careful of voting for that useless denomination.

[Art_from_Ark]

35. Not true

The US has been minting gold coins since 1984 ($10 Los Angeles Olympics). Both commemorative and bullion gold coins are now minted by Uncle Sam every year.

[wuushew]

37. Not true

Since 1976 gold the U.S. government no longer sets the gold value of a dollar. The price of gold rises and falls in relation to the demand for the metal. Gold coins have not been minted as legal currency since 1933. In 1986 the U.S. Mint did begin to issue gold coins for collectors four denominations: $50, $20, $10, and $5. And there really is a Fort Knox! Since 1937 most of the nations gold has been stored there, underground.

http://tx.essortment.com/goldstandards_rgvh.htm

[Art_from_Ark]

38. Your source is wrong on several accounts

First of all, the US issued a $10 gold coin to commemorate the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. This was the first time that the US had issued a gold coin since 1933, although the Mint had made some gold slugs (called "pound" and 4 pound" coins) for Saudi Arabia in 1945-46, and the short-lived American Arts gold medal series of 1982-83. The Olympic coin is legal tender for $10, although its gold content (which is nearly 1/2 ounce) makes it worth approximately $200, so no one, except a thief or a kid who has raided his father's coin collection, would try to spend one. Commemorative gold coins have been issued by the US Mint on a regular basis since 1986.

The $5, $10, $25 (not $20), and $50 American Eagle gold coins issued since 1986 are not made specifically for collectors, but rather for bullion investors. There are, however, special collector versions of these coins called "proofs". Both types are legal tender, although, once again, their gold content is far more valuable than their face value.

As per the Coinage Act of 1965, any coin issued by the US Mint for domestic use since 1793 is legal tender. That includes the current crop of so-called "non-circulating legal tender coins".

One more thing: The price of gold was independent of the official US government price long before 1976. US citizens were officially allowed to freely buy and sell gold on December 31, 1974, although before that collectors could freely buy gold coins dated before 1960, based on the world (London) price.

[baldguy]

10. 3½¢ piece

something useless, that nobody wants, that you can't - but some republican moran thought was a good idea.

[beyurslf]

11. He should be on every coin and bill. He was the savior of the

country and beloved by all. We should place shrines in his honor in every major city. Worship daily would be mandatory.

<sarcasm off>

Or we could just leave everything the way it is and let history honor Reagan.

[samhonk]

12. The penny - for symbolic reasons

It was during Reagan's tenure that the penny went from being solid copper to cheap zinc with a shiny copper coating. I think this is a good metaphor for what happened to government in his day.

[Jackpine Radical]

13. The food stamp.

I cribbed that from elsewhere on DU.

[Sinistrous]

14. Cribbed or not, that is the winner.

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[no name no slogan]

18. $2 Bill

They're useless, too, for most people. Just like Reagan

[kcwayne]

19. If they must, the $1,000,000 dollar bill

that way I will never have to see it.

[AJ BENDER]

20. Toilet Paper

This "Beautification" of Ronnie Rayguns is enough to make me puke in buckets.....the man sold arms to Iran...his legacy is the current Mess*O*Potamia that this country is currently mired in. I feel heartfully sorry that he & his family had to suffer this past year's with the Alzheimer's Disease but let's not forget what a partisan hack he truly was.

[cmayer]

21. Kick

[ibegurpard]

22. Sorry, I reject the premise that we should accept he will be on some money

This ridiculousness needs to be fought.

[Iris]

23. I agree.

A man should be dead at least 25 years so their can be some objectivity in measuring his accomplishments (or failures).

[cmayer]

28. FDR was on the dime immediately

Kennedy was on the half dollar.

I like Grover Cleveland, but I think he could share some time. But for bumping, I still choose Chase.

[Egnever]

24. Add me to that list

[napi21]

26. I say the $100 coin. They'd only have to mint a few, and his

rich supporters would be the ones who could afford to buy one!

Few of us would ever have to even see one let alone have one in your pocket.

I guess I'm not quite as nasty as some of the DUers. I have several JFK coins saved in my collection, and they were a limited edition coin. I guess the Pubs should be allowed to have a few with their guy on it too.

[TexasMexican]

27. $1 coin seems logical

Sackagawea coin got canned so we have an open currency slot.

I say we bring back the older Ike sized dollars, it would make the freepers happy, and no one would ever use the coin and that would be the end of it.

[samhonk]

29. I still think

we should go back to having Miss Liberty on all the coins.

Although I do have a soft spot for the old Ben Franklin half-dollar.

[fujiyama]

30. $0

[lapauvre]

31. None of the above, was missing.

If I were capable of doing it, I would have his face printed on toilet paper. But that's just me.

I am only waiting for Reagan, DC to be proposed. Give it time.

Let him have the honors due a president, but his face belongs on nothing that I have to look at every day.

[mitchum]

32. quarter (because he was a two-bit idealogue)

[Delano]

33. These choices are unacceptable.

Those fake mardi gras coins, maybe...

[cmayer]

34. I would hate to spoil a great celebration like Mardi Gras.

Sorry I didn't include "other".

[Carl Brennan]

36. Penny, because they may go out of circulation

as a needless coin.