In 2000 and 2001 (2002-2008 were pulled from circulation due to a lack of popularity and minted for collectors) was the Sacagawea dollar coin.

Then in 2007 started the Presidential dolar coin series which will last until 2016.

In 2009 the Native American Dollar Coin program was started.

So the only recent issues of presidential dollar coins is in 1971-1978 & 2007-2016.

All other dollar coins have had Lady Liberty, Native Americans, a model (Morgan Silver Dollars), or someone influential in history (Susan B. Anthony & Sacagawea)

So switching to one President doesn’t seem likely but with all of the recent changes in coins it is possible.

Though we could make less one cents(pennies), we have billions of them floating around out there. In fact i’ve seen people toss dozens of them on the ground just because they were single cents and not “silver” (meaning the color not the silver coins made 1964 and earlier).

Some say we should get rid of the cent all together and make all totals end in 5 or 0. The question then is what to do with all the single cents out there? Banks still have thousands upon thousands of them, buisnesses aswell, then there are people like me saves pennies for a year or two then rolls them and cashes them in. How do you make such a switch from usage of the 1¢ piece to not at all?

Making new denominations or replacing one with another isn’t as difficult. For example with the $1 Federal Reserve Note (Bill) this note replaced the Silver Certificate (Blue Seal Notes) and United States Note (Red Seal Notes) over time. If we were to stop makin $1 Notes and just circulate $1 coins eventually they would fade out, not comepletely of course and infact they may even become a collectible item.

The Silver Certificate, Gold Certificate, and United States Note (Blue, Yellow, & Red Seal Notes) are still legal tender as is all United States Currency dating back to the Revolution excluding Confederate Currency which is valuable to certain parties anyway.

So making that switch wouldn’t be so difficult since we have so many $1 Federal Reserve Notes around anyway and it would take perhaps 20 – 50 years before we stopped seeing them in circulation very often.

If we stopped making as many $1 notes or any at all, we could switch to the $2 note which is made every several years the last $2 note was printed in 2003 if i’m not mistaken.

We don’t neccesarily need a bunch of $1 coins flooding banks and buisness and tell people too bad that’s what we’ve got otherwise you don’t get your change. Funny thing though people will take quarters over dollar coins it seems, well a majority of the people I see at any rate. Kids still love dollar coins and 50¢ pieces because they don’t see them often.

But if we made a regular amount of $1 coins and $2 notes, an introduced them over time like the next decade perhaps. The problem occurs when the customer “who is always right” (whoever came up with statement needs to be shot, most customers are always idiots is more accurate) doesn’t want dollar coins and wants notes instead. I’ve sat with a roll of dollar coins in my register for 4 days before getting rid of a few. People want to spend them but they don’t want to receive them back in their change.

If we can get around this problem them transitioning from $1 notes to $1 coins wont be such a problem.

I’m not sure if this would help in anyway but perhaps re-introduce te 50¢ piece. They stopped minting them for circulation in 2004 and just for collectors, due to a lack of use because of the popularity of the quarter. Or perhaps no change at all.

Though I think we have all gone way off topic, the original topic was about Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt (good president)being on the quarter instead of Washington for the National Parks Quarter Program or the official title “America the Beautiful Commemorative Quarters Program” (bit of a long title).

Washington is already minted on the 2010 version of the coins and the program goes until 2021 so there is a chance but I doubt they will remove George Washington from the quarter.