Reassessing JFK in Coin Storage
Upon reading an editorial in the New York Times recently, after the 48th anniversary of JFK’s death, I was shocked to read that JFK’s presidency was slightly better than mediocre, and with only three quarters of it completed, would best be deemed unfinished.
His assassination vaults him into our coin collection and the forefront of American consciousness as a great president, as a man who, had he remained president, would’ve changed the course of history all for the better. Yet his goons planned the scaffolding for what would become the Vietnam War; his brinksmanship with Cuba could have been avoided entirely had he successfully invaded the Bay of Pigs; and his Civil Rights legislation, though important, wasn’t necessarily game-changing.
Often ranked with Ronald Reagan and FDR as one of the 20th century’s best presidents, it seems as though JFK’s heroic death is the one sure aspect that led him be incorporated into our coin storage. Perhaps in another generation, when those who can remember his assassination have largely passed away and his achievements will seem minor in comparison to those presidents before and after him, we may have another president who is better suited to be the face of the half dollar.
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Posted on: Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Posted in: coin supplies, presidents
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