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Re: Fun with Sacajewea [kind of long]
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Thu, 3 Feb 2000 19:45:10 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Mr L F Braun wrote:
> 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.
Can't help with your study, but I do have one of the new coins. Fairly cool, in
the newer modern-Mint-school-of-design way (more flat background surfaces,
basically).
Basic results from showing it to everyone on my team: it's too much like a
quarter. Apparently we're all old enough to remember the SBA debacle.
Side-by-side, there's no confusion, but when each of us first saw the the
Sacajawea--by itself--our little brains went "quarter!".
It should be darker (but maybe it'll tarnish over time), it should be larger,
*something* to not make people think 'quarter' when they see it.
Then again, for many Americans, there have always only been 4 main coins.
Anything else that is close enough in size to be practical, is going to be too
close to the others. So maybe it's just a matter of taking time to get used to
the new coin.
Hmm. I wonder how the vending machines down the hall would react?
Steve
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| (...) Yah the Nickel, Dime, Quarter, and Half Dollar! ;-). I just hate that little piece of copper they give you that you have to throw in a bucket at home to use as a door stop. I have more door stops now than I have doors. Why do we need another (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Fun with Sacajewea [kind of long]
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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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