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Re: New Web Page
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 25 May 1999 22:17:33 GMT
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Christopher L. Weeks wrote:
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> Mr L F Braun wrote:
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> > coin. The Susan B.s are being taken out of circulation, but they did all *enter*
> > circulation at some point, something that's important to note. What happened is
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> 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.
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> > ObNumismatics: There are half a billion series 1995 $2 bills sitting at the
> > Treasury. They'll apparently be revamping the $2 when they revamp the $1, and
> > reissuing it.
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> And $2s rock too. They must have at least half a billion (not really)
> at Monticello where they give them out as change. (I kept mine as a souvenir.)
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 much money these weird cavers are
injecting into their economy (the big Labor day event I go to becomes
the largest community in the county in West Virginia it is held in).
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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)
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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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