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Re: New Web Page
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Mon, 24 May 1999 08:02:36 GMT
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On Sun, 23 May 1999 10:30:05 GMT, Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote:
> (The Color of Money [isn't that a movie?] stuff snipped)
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> > > Do you think that's gel I see in his portrait? It looks like he's fresh
> > > from the stylist. :-)
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> > > Duane
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> John Neal wrote:
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> > Yeah, "but he's worth it!";-)
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> The stylist may simply have been afraid of him. Look at the eyes--they're
> absolutely psychotic in a way I've never seen on US money. So he's coiffed
> *and* crazy; this may be part of the Manhattanizing of the world.
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> As far as the reason for the change, well, I'm convinced it's to boost
> consumer spending. Don't believe me? Think about this: What happens when
> USians go to another country and get this unfamiliar, play-money stuff? They
> spend it like it's not real. If you can do that with the actual currency of
> the country, all the better--I already notice that my new Jacksons leave my
> wallet much faster than their forebears. This may, however, have more to do
> with actually having them to spend nowadays.
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> I'm looking forward to the Sacajawea dollar. At least it doesn't look
> like a quarter. It's gold, like a Pound!
It might be pretty to look at, but I think it is a waste. Sure, the coins will
"last longer, thus reducing printing costs associated with bills". But who
really wants to carry around big, heavy dollar coins? And it will probably be
big - size was supposedly one of the failings of the Susan B. dollar. Too much
like a quarter.
So they will mint a gazillion of these things, nobody will want to use them,
and they will be put into storage. Just like the Susan B.'s were.
The idea of dollar coins was rejected once, why try it again?
What an incredible waste of taxpayers money.
-- Terry K --
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| (...) The big failing was the thickness. Had it been twice as thick, there probably wouldn't have been such a lousy response to it. It really was way too quarterlike (the infamous "Carter Quarter," which you can still get in large numbers from (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Augh! Quoting from (URL) (...) Why couldn't they have gone with a 27 or 28mm diameter? That would have been enough to differentiate the two coins! At least it won't have the same 'reeded' edge as a quarter! Hopefully, the thickness and weight (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (The Color of Money [isn't that a movie?] stuff snipped) (...) The stylist may simply have been afraid of him. Look at the eyes--they're absolutely psychotic in a way I've never seen on US money. So he's coiffed *and* crazy; this may be part of the (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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