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To: long-gone who wrote (25511)	1/6/1999 6:26:00 PM
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1/06/99 - Statue of Liberty Gets Nod for Coin <Picture> WASHINGTON, Jan 06, 1999 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Americans prefer the Statue of Liberty over Sacagawea for the new dollar coin planned for next year, according to a survey conducted for the General Accounting Office. Sixty-five percent of respondents age 18 or older said they preferred the Statue of Liberty, vs. 27 percent selecting Sacagawea, according to a draft of a GAO report obtained by The Associated Press. However, a Treasury Department official said the results of the poll conducted for the congressional watchdog agency would not change Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin's choice of subject for the gold-colored coin scheduled to replace the Susan B. Anthony dollar. Based on the recommendation of an advisory panel, Rubin decided the coin will depict Sacagawea, the teen-age Shoshone girl who along with her infant son accompanied explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to the Pacific Ocean in 1804. Later this month, Rubin is expected to select the final design from among three submitted by sculptor Glenna Goodacre of Santa Fe, N.M. ''We believe once a design is finalized ... the public will embrace it and be proud of the depiction on the coin,'' said Assistant Treasury Secretary Howard Schloss. Rep. Michael Castle, R-Del., who sponsored the dollar-coin legislation and had pushed strongly for the Statue of Liberty as its subject, acknowledged the design selection process is ''pretty far along and I doubt it's reversible.'' ''But if it's not used now, I would hope it can be used on some other circulating coin in the future,'' he said. ''More people around the world associate America with the Statue of Liberty than anything I know.'' According to the survey, a majority or respondents favored the statue, regardless of age, gender, income or region of residence. Eighty-one percent said they felt very or somewhat strongly about their preference. Those favoring the statue said it was a familiar symbol of the United States and freedom. Those favoring Sacagawea said her image would honor American Indians, that her trek across the Rocky Mountains was part of history and that her image would be a change from other coins, which depict former presidents. The telephone survey of 1,014 randomly selected adults was conducted Nov 18-22 for the GAO by International Communications Research of Media, Pa. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. Copyright 1998 Associated Press, All rights reserved. -0- By DAVE SKIDMORE