Future Presidents in Our Coin Storage?
What are the chances we could have the presidents on the obverses in our coin collection switched or replaced? Pretty small, I reckon. The pantheon of great presidents is intact and unless there is a WWIII, chances of change are pretty slim. Tradition is important to coins. It was different when we used to have allegorical figures on the obverses, such as Lady Liberty or the Indian or Buffalo. But honestly, the only person who may be moved around is JFK and that’s only because he ousted Ben Franklin.
But anything’s possible. Who knows what world-changing events could occur this century? I mean, a hundred years ago they had little idea that the biggest war in human history would occur and that the president who’d lead us through it would go down as one of the greatest, better even than the signer of our Declaration of Independence! Yet because the U.S. is arguably past its Golden Age it will be hard to honor another president in the same way we honor FDR or Lincoln. The past has secured them spots in our heart.
There will be great leaders ahead. The pantheon of great presidents can only grow, but will it be possible for future great ones to get into our coin storage? Only time will tell.
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Posted on: Monday, November 14th, 2011 at 8:03 pm
Posted in: coin supplies, presidents
Tags: coin collection, coin storage