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user-inactivated · 2750 days ago · link · · parent · post: Interesting r/askhistorians discussion about American numismatics, the southern reaction to Lincoln coinage, etc
the nyt op-ed from 1907 which pointed out that lincoln would have been deeply disappointed to cause a break from washingtonian tradition is correct i think we should put plants on our coins
WanderingEng · 2750 days ago · link ·
I would support plants as well as other wildlife. I don't like historic scenes or buildings because I think putting them on coins promotes a sort of devotion to the infallibility of that event. That's largely why I don't like putting people on coins, too. Imagery on coins should be unifying to all, not praising of an individual.