JFK assassination

[Alps]

Wait, so presidents that die of natural causes or leave office normally can have their face on coins right after they leave the presidency but it is normally disallowed for assassinated presidents?

No. The point is that he's one of the important ones because they made an exception for him. (Compared to Garfield).

Note: Even if this doesn't happen, that doesn't automatically mean that person is not one of the important ones.

... No one really wanted to put Garfield on a coin. Presidential coins didn't begin until Lincoln. Who was assassinated since 1909? JFK. That's it.
In terms of Presidential deaths in general, we've already seen that Ike, JFK, and FDR all made it onto coins right away. Who else has appeared? Jefferson - long dead, still there. Washington - long dead, still there. Franklin - long dead, replaced by JFK.

In other words, you're wrong.

[NE2]

[bugo]

Garfield and McKinley were mostly forgettable.  The Mint was still putting Liberty on coins when Lincoln was shot.  Kennedy was a larger than life figure and that is why he was put on the half dollar so quickly.

BTW did you hear about the idiot who started a bill to put Ronald Reagan on the dime WHILE HE WAS STILL ALIVE (despite the fact that it is not legal to do so)?

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[NE2]

BTW did you hear about the idiot who started a bill to put Ronald Reagan on the dime WHILE HE WAS STILL ALIVE (despite the fact that it is not legal to do so)?

Presumably that bill would amend whatever law makes it illegal to put wingnuts on dimes.

[SP Cook]

You all are confusing coins and stamps.

There is no general law about coins.  The law itself dictates who is on a coin, and thus, theoretically, Congress could decide to put anybody or anything on a coin. living or dead, real or imaginary. 

Stamps are covered by a law that delegates who gets on to a commission.  No living person can be on a stamp, presidents get a stamp on their first birthday after their death.  No one else can get a stamp until dead 10 years.  Non-presidents are not supposed to repeat more often than every 25 years.  Presidents can repeat more often.

[NE2]

Laws can amend laws, bro.

[roadman]

Laws can amend laws, bro.

"Notwithstanding any general or special law, regulation, or rule to the contrary ..." is the usual way politicians start off any sort of "special privildge" legislation.

[Scott5114]

Garfield and McKinley were mostly forgettable.

Garfield was, but McKinley has been credited for doing a lot of the work that set the US up to become a twentieth-century superpower. It's just that he was followed by Theodore Roosevelt, so a lot of the time his administration is viewed as a mere preface to TR's.

Besides, who needs to be on a coin when you've got this?