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Re: Fun with Sacajewea [kind of long]
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Thu, 3 Feb 2000 19:54:14 GMT
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> 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.
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 coin. We all hate coins in general (except of course
when you run into an exact change vending machine then we love the silver
colored ones anyway). When we should be subtracting a coin from curculation
they add one. It just makes no sense. This one will probably be just as hated
as the Susan B. was within a few months.
Eric "if it ain't paper I don't want it" Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
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| (...) I love coins. I am absolutely thrilled with the idea after using a pocketful of 2-pound coins (1) to travel the London Underground. Coins last longer than a bill, are easier to fumble through when in your pocket, and generally (IMO) look (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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