# How would you feel about Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan on US currency? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 6, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-bill-clinton-or-ronald-reagan-on-us-currency/462373 "2008-09-06T19:18:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-bill-clinton-or-ronald-reagan-on-us-currency/462373/81 "2008-09-08T12:33:24Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > As for his Nobel, I’ve always heard he was not really deserving of it. It wasn’t like, say, giving it to Kissinger, but my understanding is he did not really play that much of a hand in negotiations. I think you would have to back that up. It appears to be as well deserved as most Nobels. An argument can be made against most. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-bill-clinton-or-ronald-reagan-on-us-currency/462373/82 "2008-09-08T16:51:05Z")
I’d say we should hold off on naming ANYTHING while a person is still alive, and preferably a few years later. Once they’re dead, they can’t do anything to embarrass the country or municipality that honored them… ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-bill-clinton-or-ronald-reagan-on-us-currency/462373/83 "2008-09-09T02:19:33Z")
Neither of them. I despised Reagan alive and don’t like him any more dead. Clinton is just simply undeserving. Having said that I don’t think it appropriate to put _any_ political figure on currency. There are plenty of non-political persons out there who could be considered. There are animals/natural scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-bill-clinton-or-ronald-reagan-on-us-currency/462373/84 "2008-09-09T07:48:50Z")
Please. No Reagan or Clinton on coins. I wouldn’t mind a Teddy Roosevelt on a coin. Who wouldn’t like Teddy? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-bill-clinton-or-ronald-reagan-on-us-currency/462373/85 "2008-09-09T08:39:55Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I don’t think any living President should be on are bills. Besides it ruins the phrase “Dead Presidents.” It’s already inaccurate. Note that 25% of American bills have non-Presidents on them already. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-bill-clinton-or-ronald-reagan-on-us-currency/462373/86 "2008-09-09T12:50:41Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > Please. No Reagan or Clinton on coins. > > I wouldn’t mind a Teddy Roosevelt on a coin. Who wouldn’t like Teddy? Apparently \*\*Siam Sam \*\* 😉 [QUOTE=t-bonham@scc.net] It’s already inaccurate. Note that 25% of American bills have non-Presidents on them already. [/QUOTE] [Joke](http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&oi=dict&q=http://www.answers.com/joke%26r%3D67&usg=AFQjCNFp8-cqlnDbPCDA8nvT8H81mzKCQQ) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-bill-clinton-or-ronald-reagan-on-us-currency/462373/87 "2008-09-09T16:34:14Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Apparently \*\*Siam Sam \*\* 😉 Nah, I like the guy, I just thought him overrated. I’m fine with him on the currency, but I don’t want to see Grant go. He vanquished the heathen South, and Mark Twain loved the guy, and that’s good enough for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-bill-clinton-or-ronald-reagan-on-us-currency/462373.md?page=4)