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Who Gives Two Cents about Two Bucks?
A monetary home for the Gipper.

By Kay Daly

Amid front-page articles in the past few weeks on Iraq and Laci Peterson was passing mention that the two-dollar bill might be reissued. While certainly not earth shattering in its implications, it does provide conservatives with a prime opportunity.

According to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, it was 1776 when the two-dollar bill was first introduced by the Continental Congress for "bills of credit for the defense of America." A portrait of Thomas Jefferson was chosen to adorn the bill.

In 1963, the two-dollar bill was reissued, this time with Jefferson on the front and Monticello on the back. To commemorate the nation's bicentennial in 1976, the two- dollar bill was again reissued with the Gilbert Stuart rendition of Jefferson on its face and John Trumbull's "Signing of the Declaration of Independence" on the reverse.

If the bill is under consideration to be reissued yet again, let's put Ronald Reagan on its face.

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