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    Re: New Web Page —Lindsay Frederick Braun
    (...) 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)
   
        Re: New Web Page —Christopher L. Weeks
     (...) Am I the only one who likes the SueB? I never got them confused with quarters (but I was in the third grade) and still feel nostalgic when I get them in change at the post office vending machines. (...) And $2s rock too. They must have at (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: New Web Page —Frank Filz
     (...) At certain caving events I go to, the organizers, and most of the vendors stock up on $2 bills. The idea is that when you go out to a restaurant for dinner, or otherwise spend money in town, the townies see all these $2 bills and realize how (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: New Web Page —Larry Pieniazek
      (...) So you're saying 2's rock too?? Or are you saying they're a bit hollow? Seriously, I have heard of other groups that want people to know what their economic impact is doing the same thing. Seems a neat idea. (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: New Web Page —Steve Bliss
      (...) It sure beats marking quarters. Steve (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: New Web Page —Lindsay Frederick Braun
      (...) Hey, I know you can get $1 bills from the Treasury in pads--can you get $2 that way too? An old roomie of mine had no end of trouble from people refusing to believe that $1 on a pad could possibly be real. I get funny enough looks passing $2 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: New Web Page —Richard Dee
   On Mon, 24 May 1999 23:09:02 GMT, Mr L F Braun uttered the following profundities... Snipped for brevity...... Pound coins do make life easier! Except for posting money, one couldn't send off a pound note to a charity, one only had a fiver! They (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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