H.R. 902, Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2020
Meanwhile, in important Congressional business, 6 (count 'em, SIX) Representatives voted against H.R. 902, the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2020.
My heart belongs to the Susan B. Anthony dollar (seriously, a feminist and the Moon on one coin? Dude!) but even so I can appreciate the need for a more diverse and, therefore, entertaining coinage. I am particularly looking forward to putting pictures of William Henry Harrison and James K. Polk in vending machines.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Connie Mack (R-FL), Ted Poe (R-TX), and Ted Strickland (D-OH), why do you hate America?
I want to see a Jimi Hendrix dollar myself…
Really any non-political figure would do. George Gershwin? Georgia O’Keefe? Langston Hughes?
Wait, will you finally do real dollar coins, and not those crappy Sacajawea ones that are the same diameter as a quarter? We’ve had two dollar coins for a decade now already, and dollar ones for 15 years.
I love having dollar coins.
When will you make your money pretty looking?
I like the Sacajawea ones! Granted, they’re not as nice as loonies or Susie B’s. They’re slightly larger than quarters, iirc (it’s been a while since I’ve had one). And since all the new vending machines have been made to work with ‘em I assume the new president dollars will be the same size.
Have you seen the new pale vomit colored twenties? Our money is only getting uglier. No wonder the dollar is crashing and burning!
Oh also: this bill doesn’t direct the Mint to stop making paper dollars, so dollar coins will continue to be a hilarious joke. It’s mostly a tax on numismatists.