I wrote about it here. I still kind of like the idea, but as a practical matter it may be impossible, as Nancy Reagan recently disapproved of the notion. I think that’s what made some folks who were stumping for the dime switch to the $10 bill. Also, Alexander Hamilton has a smaller constituency than FDR.
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John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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