Caroline Turco
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There is one commemorative coin that was made to have a living person on it.
It was an Alabama senator.
Alabama, why?
Because he wanted his face on a coin.
Are you like me and my family collecting the new U.S.
Problem is, where do you put them?
The USA Coin Collection album.
You'll receive this unique map, which features a space to hold each quarter.
I remember, like, when the state quarters came out,
I was interested for the very first time.
And, you know, here in this show, this is my sixth show, and I've never seen the U.S.
Mint this busy.
It would be unprecedented.
It has happened once before in 1926 when Calvin Coolidge, celebrating the 150th anniversary of our independence, placed himself beside Washington.
But at that time, it was not illegal.
The legality of putting a living person on a coin did not occur until 1982.
So if we're thinking about it in terms of an illegally minted coin, it would certainly be a first.