How the Worst President Ever Ended Up on a Controverisal New Coin (James Buchanan)

AOL News ^ | 8-19-2010 | Alex Eichler

[Colonel Kangaroo]

No, Carter and Obama are not eligible.

[screaminsunshine]

Sunnunu who gave us Souter?

[USMCPOP]

I like the Bill Clinton quarter.

[cowtowney]

Why hasn’t Tim Geithner signed any money? Every other Sec of Treasury has. Come on Timmay, put your name out there!

[backwoods-engineer]

Buchanan was not the worst president, but he probably is in the top 20. I think that distinctive title should go to Wilson. But Obama, before his term is over, is going to wrest the title away, I think.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

He might have been trying to divert attention from a possible “worst Supreme Court nomination” commemorative coin series.

[Vincent Jappi]

The worst President was Carter, and that's because Soetoro isn't President.

[Repeat Offender]

And if the dollar coins were to catch on and replace paper $1 bills entirely, it could save the country between $500 and $700 million each year in printing costs

And, if we stopped printing money to waste on bailouts, entitlement programs, and failed kenysian economics we'd save BILIONS of DOLLARS in costs.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Buchanan was not the worst president, but he probably is in the top 20. I think that distinctive title should go to Wilson. But Obama, before his term is over, is going to wrest the title away, I think.

For long term damage I think Wilson is worst but Buchanan is close. Had he reacted like Andrew Jackson did in the Nullification Crisis I do not think we would have ever reached a Civil War.

[Islander7]

[Thermalseeker]

Why hasn’t Tim Geithner signed any money?

Good question. I've been waiting on that one myself. I have a "TAX CHEAT" stamp ready to use whenever I see little Timmy's name on a bill.......

[Howie66]

I believe that Stroker has already wrested the title.

He is “historic”, you know.

[jwparkerjr]

I didn’t even know there were $1 coins until I got four of them in change from a machine in a parking garage! And I had no idea there were $10 gold coins until I read this article.

They guy at a toll booth the other day couldn’t even tell me if the correct change machines on some lanes would accept the $1 coin.

[nhwingut]

Coins are bad from the environment. They use 10 times the fuel to transport.
/s

[Michael.SF.]

are meant to improve use and circulation of America's dollar coins

The best way to improve circulation of dollar coins is to stop printing dollar bills.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Here's what the Mint should do:

(1) Stop producing the $1 bill and gradually withdraw remaining bills from circulation

(2) Recall ALL $1 coins - ALL OF THEM - and create a single new $1 coin that's as heavy and distinctive as the British pound that features the likeness of one of the Founders, preferably John Hancock

(3) Abolish the penny and nickel, and make the dime the same size as the nickel.

[Michael.SF.]

FDR 1933 to 1939

He gets a pass because of his War leadership. but is handling of the depession was terrible.

[mikrofon]

At first I thought it was about the Kenyan item:

[devere]

“Sunnunu who gave us Souter?”

I think that was his father.

Well, if the Roman Empire had issued a commemorative series for Emperors they would have had to issue a Caligula coin. I suppose Buchanan wasn’t quite THAT bad.

Before the Lincoln penny we never used to put any actual people on our coins. We ought to go back to just Liberty.

[Vigilanteman]

Had he reacted like Andrew Jackson did in the Nullification Crisis I do not think we would have ever reached a Civil War.

Agreed, but you have to understand that Buchanan was our first Nancy Boy president and probably had other, more important (in his demented mind) distractions. Hmmmmmmmmmm . . . which modern president does that sound like?