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Re: New Web Page
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 25 May 1999 12:53:08 GMT
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On Tue, 25 May 1999 06:27:05 GMT, Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu>
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> 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.
That's a better explanation than anything I thought up. It especially
makes sense, if the major rationale for a new dollar coin is for it to be
used in vending machines. And if the size limit for vending machines is
the 26.5mm quarter.
> This just sucks.
It seems like there is enough of a gap in size between the nickel and the
quarter that a new coin could be made with a diameter halfway between the
two, and all the coins would be easily differentiable. Especially if the
new coin was smaller.
My main drag with a larger coin is the extra weight.
Steve
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| (...) Don't forget-- this is America where a) bigger is better, b) bigger is more valuable, and 3;) therefore a dollar coin must be the size of a coaster. I point to Suzy B as an attempt to the contrary to rest my case. Oh, and I forgot-- the land (...) (26 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I haven't been paying much attention to this topic, either here or in the news, so it's new to me. Works for me, though. We make a point of saving all our change and using it to pay for groceries (at a store that has one of the counting (...) (26 years ago, 25-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 (...) (26 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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