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People on US Currency and coins
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:38 am
by macrae1234
By law no living person can appear on a US Bill however 4 people have appeared on commerative coins in their lifetime 2 Senators, a governor and a sitting president
Who was the president who appeared on a commerative coin during his lifetime?
Re: People on US Currency and coins
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:40 am
by Carmelo Anthony
Re: People on US Currency and coins
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:43 am
by Jeemie
Calvin Coolidge- he was on the back of a coin (George Washington was on the front) celebrating the US Sesquicentennial in 1926.
Re: People on US Currency and coins
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:49 am
by macrae1234
Jeemie is correct
Living Men on the Nation's Coins
To date, four men have been portrayed on U.S. commemorative coins during their lifetime:
Governor T.E. Kilby: The obverse of the 1921 Alabama Centennial (Note: This is the first time a living person's portrait was used on a U.S. coin.)
President Calvin Coolidge: The obverse of the 1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence (Note: The first time a portrait of a president appeared on a coin struck during his lifetime.)
Senator Carter Glass: The obverse of the 1936 Lynchburg, Virginia, Sesquicentennial (Note: Senator Glass's portrait apparently appeared against his wishes.)
Senator Joseph T. Robinson: The reverse of the 1936 Robinson-Arkansas Centennial.
Re: People on US Currency and coins
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:54 am
by Obscenely Rich Bastard
I mint my mug on all of my coins. That's what I use to pay my lackeys....