Title: Evil Presidential Eye
For those of you who were unaware, I am a coin person. I like coins, I collect coins, and I am even sick enough to go to coin shows. One of the things I really love about coins, are their history - nearly every nation uses their currency as a medium for displaying some aspect of their history (and culture). In the past, US coins were some of the most beautiful coins made, sadly, during the 1980s-1990s many of our coins lost their artistic elements and were just slabs of metal to most. But, in 1999 the US Mint decided to go all 'crazy' and started using coins as form of both art and history with the State Quarters program. Speaking on behalf of us 'coin folk', we were overjoyed. It made people look at their coins again, it brought younger folks into the world of collecting and helped start a trend in modern coinage that is still continuing - frequent changes to our coins, with new and better art.
One of the new series' that I am really excited about (really, I get actually excited about it - if you ever see me, just ask about it and I'll go all nuts explaining why the program is so great) is the Presidential Dollars program. In a nutshell, starting in 2007, every year the US Mint is going to release 4 new $1 "gold" coins, each with a different president, starting with good ole George Washington and going till Gerald Ford (they can't go past that, because Jimmy Carter is still alive - they have rules about putting art of living people on coins - basically, they won't). And it's not just a face, but it has when they were president as well. It's educational and fun!
These coins are available at any bank or from the US Mint's website. Buy them. Lots of them. They are nifty!
... except when Abraham Lincoln is starting at you... spooky!
Enjoy
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