I think this would be a great idea. Even the $10.00 bill also Hamilton has been on there long enough.

I take exception to the statement "Ronald Wilson Reagan remains an American hero - the genuine article." Reagan is not a hero. He was an opportunist who saw the chance to tear down a nation's infrastructure and replace it with something worse. Reagan put the flying public at risk for many years with the firing of the air traffic controllers, restructuring the student loan system that excluded so many students which was resolved only within the last 10 years, and loosening business regulations allowing the credit markets to run amok that caused Black Monday in October 1987. This is not to mention the Iran-Contra scandal or the building of the arms race with the Soviet Union.

Reagan served a limited capacity in the Army Reserve because of near sightedness. In fact, Reagan did not see any action during World War II. He was assigned to a public relations unit and made training and propaganda movies. After his military service he was an actor, governor, and prevented Gerald Ford from defeating Jimmy Carter for the presidency.

When Reagan left office, after not informing anyone he was diagnosed with alzheimers disease and leaving questions as to the daily operations of the White House, the country was saddled with a bloated government and a huge debt--the largest in history. There was limited fiscal discipline and the stage was set for one of the biggest systematic bank failures since the Great Depression (the savings and loan debacle). All of these were passed onto his successor, George H.W. Bush, who was politically ostricized for making the decisions that Reagan either refused to or was incapable of making.

There is nothing in the last three paragraphs that suggests Ronal Reagan was a hero.

To take the word of anyone involved with the Reagan Legacy Project without examining their agenda is naieve journalism. A number of years ago the Reagan Legacy Project accidentally released a paper calling for the "Reagan Nation." This would be an attempt to get Ronald Reagan's name on as many structures as possible.

I agree with Scott.

Reagan was not the average Joe's president.  He was the rich man's president.

Reagan was the most overrated president in our history.  It was Regan who traded arms for hostages.  It was Regan who send Donald Rumsfield to Iraq and bolstered Saddam with weapons and guarantees that we would support his war with Iran.  He was an effective orator but not much of a president and has done little or nothing to deserve a commemorative or to be on a circulating bill.

A Reagan Dollar would be in order. After four years of the Carter Doldrum Years the Reagan Years were a relief. These years created a new optimism in the American Dream. Through hard work a person could succeed and not be punished for doing so. America also stood up to communism in the Kennedy tradition once again and won.

Scott Bartman and Sue wodward are true examples of slimy liberals. If anyone should be removed or not on a coin it is the ultimate traitor FDR. That scumbag was the first to weaken our dollar by removing us from the gold standard. it is because of his reckless fiscal policies that we are in the trouble we have today. Also FDR knew the Japs were going to attack us and sacrificed 3000+ americans at pearl harbor. If JFK wasn't killed he would be just as villified as BJCLINTON. Between the bungling at the Bay of Pigs and escallating the war in vietnam, he is one of the worst POS that we have had as a president. Thank god for what happened 11/22/63. If he would have been president any longer think of how much more crap he would have pulled. The whole Kennedy clan is nothing but trash

Bleeding heart liberals, listen up; nobody in THIS country wants to hear your whining drivel any more.  Except, of course, other bleeding heart, gashing liberals.  Ronald Wilson Reagan WAS, and ALWAYS WILL BE a GREAT AMERICAN HERO, and the GREATEST AMERICAN PRESIDENT OF THE 20th CENTURY.  Please be aware, there are many other countries in the world that you are more than welcome to go live in.  We don't like cowards and traitors in the USA, and they won't be tolerated much longer.  Personally, I think FDR should be removed from ALL currency and replaced by Reagan.

Huh?  Honor Reagan?  Surely he ranks with Richard Nixon and our present incompetent as one of the three worst presidents we've ever had.
Have we forgoten the Iran-Contra scandals? His union-busting? If we comemorate him let's do it with a wooden nickel or a three dolar bill.

rjsriv-
Franklin Delano Roosevelt had more integrity in his pinky than Nixon, Reagan, Bush41 and Bush 43 had in their entire bodies.  If you want to talk traitor look at the current administration.  Bush43 went on vacation after he got a memo Bin Laden was planning an attack, allowed Bin Laden's family to leave the US the day of 9/11, lied about Iraq's nuclear weapon program, and allowed over 4,000 souls to be sacrificed so his friends at Halliburton could make a few bucks.

And it was 2350 soldiers that lost their lives at Pearl Harbor, not 3000.

I also think rjsriv comment about JFK being killed should be removed.

Against better advice, (even Nancy's) President Reagan went to the Nazi cemetary in Bitburg, Germany in May 1985.  I am not sure how we can justify puting this man on a special coin.  He can wait his turn on the golden dollar.

 I am sick of boring coins of dead presidents. We should go back to the beautiful art deco tpe coins of yester-year. Giving the U.S. Mint another reason to gouge collectors is not appealing. I can't keep up with all of the U.S. Mint's umpten dozen's of offerings, nor do I wish to. Also Reagan having Never mentioning the word Aid's until AFTER 300,000 Americans were dead is both Deplorable & certainly not Presidential.

ronny raygun was without a doubt the 2nd worst president in my 54 years on this planet. The current redneck in the white house being the worst. As far as hero? goes i suppose if you are one of the lucky few at the top of the economic food chain, who have seen their incomes sky rocket up as the other 95% of our country went down the tubes, then maybe. As far as one poster's claim that raygun was responsible for taming inflation, i guess he pulled that right out of his ass. The reality is that fed chairman Paul Volger, put in by Jimmy Carter was the man. Also he seems to have forgotten the 35 year long cold war that had preceded ronnie's tenure and the trillions spend to contain and defeat Russian communism.  When I had first read many years ago that the rabid right was screaming to put ronnie?s head on mount rushmore I was all for it. I thought they were going to cut it off and mount it on a stick. At least then it would serve a purpose as a warning to other elitist right-wing pro rich wanna be?s  and at the seem time be a learning tool for the voters on what can happen when you put a spokesman for the business class in our highest office and the damage that can ensue. You could mount it in the outdoor snack area to keep the flies off of the cake.

null- your name fits your IQ. FDR was responsible for the perpetuation of the communists!!! FDR and Joe Stalin were buddies. Regan was respomsible for bringing down the USSR. I guess you don't read history or you and your liberal ilk like doing "revisionist" history. There is no difference between liberal idoits and commies. So you and your buddies go eat some borsch and smoke some castro cigars.  

The JFK remark was harsh. he should have lived to be ridiculed and vilified for his piss poor leadership. Franklin was much better on the half than that weak crappy design. the JFK half ranks up there with the SBA$ an the Shriver commem as the worst US coins ever

Reagen was a bad president. However, look on the bright side, Bush is much worse.

You need to do a better job of reviewing the comments/posts/blogs before putting them on your website.
Sue Woodward is using colorful metaphors that would be deemed inappropriate to young numismatists.

You got to be kidding about Ronald Reagan being a great president.  This was president who secretly traded arms with Iran, who busted unions, who wouldn't acknowlege the existence of AIDS because he thought it just affected the gays and drug users, who give tax breaks to the rich, who reduced many grants and loans to students.  This was the president who was the bitch to the conservative christian right.  Yes, he was a president of the US, but he was never my president.  

Then move to another country, phillip5599.  You're MORE than welcome to, and you can take all your bleeding heart, communist sympathizing, traitorous loser friends with you.  You will not be missed.  By anybody, ever.  And the same goes for the rest of you cretins that wouldn't know a good President if he jumped up and bit you.

rjsriv: You are so spot-on, it's not even funny.  Every one of your words are absolutely true.  YOU are a great American.  GOD BLESS YOU.