Post #279,113
3/21/07 8:24:13 PM
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The new dollar coin
I received a couple in change today. Dreadful, front and back. It looks like the tokens issued by the car wash Lina patronizes, except that the tokens are superior as works of graphic design. The [link|http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin/|online representations], grim as they are, do not portray the cheesiness of the real thing.
In other words, perfectly appropriate for the imbecilic empire that issued it.
curdle-ially,
Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.
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Post #279,144
3/21/07 11:05:57 PM
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They SUCKS REALLY BADLIES!
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Post #279,164
3/22/07 2:18:52 AM
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Like the post office
the mint has figured out that making stuff in sets tends to take the stuff out of circulation and improves their economies.
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Post #279,227
3/22/07 4:03:01 PM
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Did you get the ones
that have the words "In God We Trust" printed upside down, or any of the ones that have those 4 words totally missing?
If so, then they actually are worth more than face value.
lincoln
"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
Never apply a Star Trek solution to a Babylon 5 problem.
I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a Citizen of the United States.
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Post #279,315
3/23/07 12:23:07 PM
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Sweet deity!
Much like with your election woes, do you need us Canucks to come up with a dollar coin for you lot? Geez. It ain't hard people.
1) get a good solid weight coin bigger than a quarter and not round (has edges)
2) give it a different colour
3) slap a head of state on it
4) slap some symbol, animal, thing on the back so a cute nickname can be used
and the last most important step:
5) STOP MAKING ONE DOLLAR BILLS!
The dollar coin WILL NEVER catch on as long as dollar bills remain in circulation.
Simple. The invoice is in the mail.
Oh and for fuck's sakes make a two dollar coin too. Stupid singles.
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Post #279,320
3/23/07 2:46:40 PM
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Nah, coins are dead tech anyway.
Same as any kind of cash. It's more difficult to track people's action and movements - not impossible, but more difficult than 'cashless'.
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- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #279,354
3/23/07 8:46:40 PM
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Canadian coins are nice.
Vending machines up there even take them!
Some machines take the Sacagawea-sized dollars down here, but I haven't come across many. Even fewer will give them in change - the only ones I know of are stamp machines at the post offices.
I think a decent size - the Eisenhower dollars were far too large. I wouldn't object too much if they were larger than the quarter, but I don't think it would make them more popular here.
Cheers,
Scott.
(Who likes the idea of a $2 coin too.)
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Post #279,347
3/23/07 7:59:48 PM
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Oh my - they're really not The Pretty, are they...
On the plus side they are a limited edition...right?
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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