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Re: New Web Page
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Tue, 25 May 1999 06:27:05 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
> On Mon, 24 May 1999 08:02:36 GMT, legoverse@geocities.com (Terry K) wrote:
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> > On Sun, 23 May 1999 10:30:05 GMT, Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote:
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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!
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> > 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.
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> Augh! Quoting from <http://www.usmint.gov/dollarcoin/coinspecs.cfm>
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> > The new dollar coin will be golden in color, not silver toned. It will also
> > have a "distinctive edge," which means that it will not display the reeded
> > edge as seen on the quarter or the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin. However,
> > it will be the same size as the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin, which is 26.5
> > mm in diameter.
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> Why couldn't they have gone with a 27 or 28mm diameter? That would have
> been enough to differentiate the two coins!
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> At least it won't have the same 'reeded' edge as a quarter! Hopefully, the
> thickness and weight will be different from the quarter. Although those
> didn't help the SBA dollar.
Augh! is right! Oh, that's just plain idiotic. The only rationale I can see is
that they don't want to have to retool all of the old coin-op machines in the post
office and public transit around the country (provided it will be about the same
mass). If it's the same size, no problem--but it'll end up "quarterized" too.
This just sucks.
LFB.
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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 (...) (27 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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