You often find them piling up in old pickle jars or between sofa cushions. Still, as official currency, US coins enjoy a distinguished status. And those Americans portrayed on them are not idly chosen. One high-volume mail-order dealer, Littleton (N.H.) Coin Co., asked customers to nominate people to appear on future coinage. The leading nominees were:
1. Martin Luther King Jr.
2. Ronald Reagan
3. Harry Truman
4. John Glenn
5. Theodore Roosevelt
6. The Rev. Billy Graham
7. Neil Armstrong
8. Albert Einstein
9. John Wayne
10. Elvis Presley