TIGHAR
Chatterbox => Extraneous exchanges => Topic started by: Gabriel Arthur Petrie on July 26, 2013, 03:44:07 PM
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Sorry if this subject seems impertinent, wasteful, or foolish to anyone. At least let me explain the background: recently, a woman in the UK led protests to successfully have author Jane Austen featured on the 10-pound note (replacing Charles Darwin).
I couldn't help but wonder if Amelia Earhart might ever grace the halo of a denomination here in the United States.
I thought this might be the right place to ask people about that possibility. I know that TIGHAR is a serious, scientific organization with real goals depending on facts and observations. Still, I felt that this was the most fitting place to ask this question, because I can't think of any group of people more interested in the personage in question.
Sorry if anyone here feels that the subject is inappropriate.
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Why not?
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Only if she gets elected President.....
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... Franklin wasn't a president - but obviously was a founding father. Currency seems reserved to that level so far in our history and I have the feeling that may remain.
Hamilton on the $10 bill: neither a president nor a true founding father (but the first Treasury Secretary).
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And Hamilton authored a majority of the Federalist Papers, so important in the creation of our Constitution.
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Why wait for the US Treasury?
TIGHAR could always mint Amelia and Noonan silver bullion coins to sell as a fundraising item. Other organizations have done the same. Of course it could cost more than the effort would be worth.