HEPTAGONAL HALF DOLLAR DESIGN SUGGESTIONS

When the Eisenhower dollar was reduced in size, we received a new design in Susan B. Anthony.

When the dollar coin became the ‘Golden dollar', again we received a new design.

I recently suggested that in order to get the half dollar coin used, in vending machines, we could reduce it in size and change the shape to a heptagon like they have in the United Kingdom.

Since then, I've been thinking, with a smaller version with a different shape, would a new design of a different person also be merited instead of a different version of John F. Kennedy?

 
Robert Kennedy and Theodore Roosevelt designs

Many people could be used. I've worked up a few ideas. Would we keep it in the family with Robert F. Kennedy? Would we use a different political party with Theodore Roosevelt? Would we use a woman, like Alice Paul?

 
Alice Paul and Johnny Carson designs

Or would we take the coin in a different direction, away from politics, and use someone like Johnny Carson, a favorite of mine.

Or yet another?

I'm sure all of you have a thought on someone you would like to see on a coin.

Our coins really need something to excite collectors. The new Washington on the quarter after 90 years of the same design is a welcome relief.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR DESIGN PROPOSAL (https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n15a19.html)

References:
Etats Unis. John et Robert Kennedy. Médaille or. 26 mm (https://www.poinsignon-numismatique.de/munzen_r5/gold-medaillen_c7/auslander_p75/etats-unis-john-et-robert-kennedy-medaille-or-26-mm_article_63039.html)
CCAC Reviews William McKinley and Thoedore Roosevelt Presidential Dollar Designs (http://news.coinupdate.com/ccac-reviews-william-mckinley-and-thoedore-roosevelt-presidential-dollar-designs/)
The Serene Strategist (https://thepenngazette.com/the-serene-strategist/)
Heeere's Johnny Carson, an ‘American Masters' film (https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-heeeres-johnny-carson-an-american-masters-film-2012may11-story.html)

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