If you could swap any U.S. coin design with a historical figure or symbol not yet featured, what would it be and why?

All of the March 21, 2025 poll respondents had their own particular suggestions, and they differ greatly, although the majority would replace FDR on the dime.

If you could swap any U.S. coin design with a historical figure or symbol not yet featured, what would it be and why?

All of the March 21, 2025 poll respondents had their own particular suggestions, and they differ greatly, although the majority would replace FDR on the dime.

Numismatic News StaffI would replace Roosevelt on the dime with a picture of Uncle Sam. This could act as a colorful reminder that our nation is strongest when we are unified.Larry Vann, Arkansas

Marilyn Monroe because she is beautiful.

Name and address withheld

Celebrate the annual winner of the Westminster Dog Show by depicting the image of the dog that wins. It’s time to change the dime, so use the dog on the face of the dime and complete the design.

Larry Dean, Shawnee, Kan.

FDR's time on the dime needs to swap. This is especially so since the facts that have come to light about him since 1946, his willful refusal to save so many more victims of the Nazis being chief among them. So, I'll choose that coin. In his place, I'll propose President James Abram Garfield, an abolitionist and a Civil War hero whose life was cut short by an assassin's bullet and by the incompetence of medical men who treated him. His was the second-shortest presidency, and we're left to imagine what additional good he could have done had he not been cut down. And how about removing "One Dime" in favor of "Ten Cents" ?

Jody D., Florida

That’s an interesting question. In thinking about our country, most people honored are presidents or important people like Franklin on our coins and currency. But there are eight people in the history of our country who were awarded honorary U.S. citizenship, like Churchill and Lafayette, who most people are familiar with. To me, the greatest of these is Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who was also awarded honorary U.S. citizenship. This great and good man did incredible things.

As the Nazis were murdering millions of innocent people in the camps, he took it upon himself to go to the Nazis and demand that thousands of Budapest Jews be allowed to leave for safety. He was able to bluff the Nazis and saved thousands of lives. This man was an incredible hero. And how was he rewarded for his courage? He was taken by Stalin’s KGB and thrown into a gulag at the end of the war—an injustice of monumental proportions. So many people owed their lives to this good man. In honoring him with citizenship, I also think he should be honored on a circulating coin, as most Americans don’t know who he was or what he did. He has always been one of my heroes.

Roy, Address withheld

Chief Phillip Whiteman Jr. for his inspiring desire to end war.

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