Nancy Reagan opposes Republican plan to put Ronald's image on US coins

0 Comments | AFP, December, 2003

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Former US first lady Nancy Reagan came out against a Republican bid to mint an image of her husband Ronald Reagan's head on US coins.

Nancy Reagan urged a lawmaker from former president Reagan's Republican party to abandon his proposal to put his likeness on the 10 cent, or dime, coin to replace that of Democratic president Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

"While I can understand the intentions of those seeking to place my husband's face on the dime, I do not support this proposal and I am certain Ronnie would not.

"When our country chooses to honor a great president such as Franklin Roosevelt by placing his likeness on our currency, it would be wrong to remove him and replace him with another.

"It is my hope that the proposed...

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