Posted on 06/15/2004 3:44:35 PM PDT by fishtank
A caller to Savage suggested a new $40 bill with Reagan's portrait.
No one here has talked about this. I kind of like the idea: $40 for the 40th President.
That way we don't have to retire any current bills.
Yes. Sorry. Here's the link:
Exactly, that's why it won't happen.
90% Silver dollar....why put our greatest on a piece of paper aka FRN
President Reagan was the real deal..and deserves to be on real money....
imo
Failing that, who do we get rid of to get Reagan on a piece of currency?
I brought it up months ago. Been really harping on it lately.
We need to retire the penny, but not the big fella, Mr. Lincoln. Reagan might be the answer to proliferating the $1 coin.
Not sure I like the double deuce idea..
All bills need to count to $100 or else tilling becomes a pain in the a$$."
Five forties would make two hundred - the two hundred with President Bush #43 on it.
Failing that, who do we get rid of to get Reagan on a piece of currency?
"Mrs. Reagan has a point. I have a counterpoint. Let's have a new denomination, a forty-dollar bill for our 40th president..."
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Obscurity happens I guess ;)
Well, it may happen..but Muttly to the rescue!
(dons his Superhero outfit)
I was wondering how to post some ideas without dishonoring pres. Reagan...and here's my chance..not that I'm suggesting we use his likeness on them...:
We should have a "99 cent" coin, since that amount is so annoyingly popular these days. And how about a "9/10ths." coin for gas stations, just to play their idiot game back.
I sort of wouldn't mind a big fat silver dollar with the Gipper on it. Something so very American about that.
The Mint may not have produced SB Anthony Dollars since 81 (you sure that wasn't 91?). But when they released the Sacagawea Dollar, all I ever got in change from the Post Office (that was pushing the dollar coin) was the feminist dollar.
Forget Reagan on currency.
I'd rather see Clinton on a bill - on a three dollar bill.
Reagan belongs on Mount Rushmore right next to Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and Lincoln.
You're right! Sort of. The Susan B. were minted in only three years; 1979, 1981, and 1999. However, the vast majority of coins (I don't have my coin book here at work) were minted in 1979, with only token amounts (mainly for collectors) in 1981 and 1999.
They're still in circulation with the new gold dollar, however, and you can sometimes find both in the same roll, as the Susan B and the gold dollar are the same weight, diameter, and thickness.
The biggest problem with the dollar coin for me is that hardly any vending machines take it. I remember pinball machines used to take the SBA dollar though. I don't know what the government can do to remedy the situation. Maybe just discontinue the bills and introduce $1, $2 (and $5?) coins in large volumes. If the coins are out there in people's pockets, the vending machines will have to start accepting them to be competitive. In Japan, you can walk up to almost any soft drink machine and put in a 1000 yen bill ($10).
Nope, fed needs to start printing $500's or $1000s again... I say Regan replaces Grant on existing bills, or new bill gets his mugshot.
A $5 coin is not such a bad idea. Japan's largest coin is 500 yen, which is about $5. They also have 100 yen coins (one dollar). These coins are in common circulation, and well accepted, unlike the PC-driven Carter Quarter (SBA dollar), and those dumb fake gold squaw coins.
Yeah and that's just the gas money ;-)
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