> > Sometimes I look at coins as art. Several South American countries turn out some beautiful coins. Brazil does the ones I like best.
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> Having just returned from a monthlong stay in Panama, I have to say I like their coinage, too. Vasco Nuņez de Balboa has held up quite nicely in his nifty helmet, and I also like the representative of the indigenous people that they have on their centavo. I happen to think their coins are a little less cluttered and busy than their US equivalents.

Speaking of currency, my dad and I were talking out in the shop and he said that people were trying to see about putting Reagan on the front of the $20 bill. Some are against it, but I don't see the harm. I wan't alive very long when Reagan was President, but most everything I've heard, whether it's been from the news or my dad, has been very good. When a President gets re-elected and wins 49 of the 50 states, and almost wins the 50th but was running against the govenor of that state, it's always pretty impressive.

Besides, I wouldn't mind having a more modern but still great President on the front of a bill. It'll at least give me something to tell the kids and grandkids when they ask who that man was, and I won't have to break out the history book. I want to know what you think about it. I heard this from my dad, so I'm sure it's not a hoax. And I also know it's a pretty big deal to change the currency that drastically.

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