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Re: Fun with Sacajewea [kind of long]
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Wed, 2 Feb 2000 15:37:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> Hi, all.
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> If you've been combing Wal-Marts, you probably know by now that the US
> Gummint has chosen them as a conduit for dispersing the new gold(ish)
> dollar coin into the US market. These first became available on
> Saturday or Sunday, and they're kind of snazzy.
<vast and indiscriminate snippage>
Can't help you much with your study, but when the same thing happened in
Canada (new $1.00 coin), there wasn't the fooforah you seem to be expecting.
The only fooforah that occured was the government's vast (and futile) attempt
to have it not be dubbed "the Loonie" by all and sundry.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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| Hi, all. If you've been combing Wal-Marts, you probably know by now that the US Gummint has chosen them as a conduit for dispersing the new gold(ish) dollar coin into the US market. These first became available on Saturday or Sunday, and they're (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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