Would you buy a used car from this man?

Jane L. Levere reported in yesterday's New York Times Business section that Edmund C. Moy, director of the United States Mint, said of the idea of putting big-name CEOs from the corporate world on U.S. coins and currency, "It's an interesting thing to think about."

Moy suggested former Treasury secretary Andrew C. Mellon as a possible candidate, and also mentioned the current Treasury secretary (and his boss), Henry M. Paulson Jr. (above, on a hypothetical coin), noting that "He's extremely well-known on Wall Street."

Indeed.