[lennydetroit]

How right you are! The US has minted some beautiful coins in the past and I wish they would return to the pre-Lincoln Penny policy of not putting the images of real individuals on coins, thereby depolitisizing the process. Cases in point: the Susan B. Ugly dollar and the Sakajawea Squaw Buck fiasco (admittedly the SacBuck is a nice looking coin, but about all I can do with it now is leave it as a tip at my local bar).

By the way, you left out my favorite US coins, the $5 Indian gold piece.

Regards, Lenny

[Conservative til I die]

Beautiful coin with the engraving in the coin, not raised. I forget the exact term. I actually own one of those, but it's the $2.50 piece.