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Peter Irwin wrote:
Mr. Jaggers lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: Sacrilege! Don't you know that our currency system originated in the Garden of Eden? If the cent was good enough for Adam, it's good enough for me. James the Fundie You aren't half the Fundie you should be. Make dollars, halves and quarters from bronze, 3, 6, 12, 24, 30 and 60 dollar coins from silver, and 120, 240, 480 and 1200 dollar coins from gold. The smallest note should be 1200 dollars - then you would have a proper monetary system. You could call the $12 coin something beginning with S and the $240 gold coin something beginning with L. The silver coins should have 66 $12 coins weighing twelve troy ounces of .925 silver, and the gold coins should be based on a $240 coin weighing 123.274 grains of .9166 gold. Does this mean I'm bound for Hell? James the Unwashed |
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Mr. Jaggers lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
Peter Irwin wrote: Mr. Jaggers lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: Sacrilege! Don't you know that our currency system originated in the Garden of Eden? If the cent was good enough for Adam, it's good enough for me. James the Fundie You aren't half the Fundie you should be. Make dollars, halves and quarters from bronze, 3, 6, 12, 24, 30 and 60 dollar coins from silver, and 120, 240, 480 and 1200 dollar coins from gold. The smallest note should be 1200 dollars - then you would have a proper monetary system. You could call the $12 coin something beginning with S and the $240 gold coin something beginning with L. The silver coins should have 66 $12 coins weighing twelve troy ounces of .925 silver, and the gold coins should be based on a $240 coin weighing 123.274 grains of .9166 gold. Does this mean I'm bound for Hell? James the Unwashed That's not a judgement I can make, but I know that there is only One True Monetary System, and at the current exchange, one US dollar will buy less than a True Penny since it (by definition) takes nearly one thousand and nineteen and a half True Pence to buy an ounce of gold. Peter. |
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Peter Irwin wrote:
Mr. Jaggers lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: Peter Irwin wrote: Mr. Jaggers lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: Sacrilege! Don't you know that our currency system originated in the Garden of Eden? If the cent was good enough for Adam, it's good enough for me. James the Fundie You aren't half the Fundie you should be. Make dollars, halves and quarters from bronze, 3, 6, 12, 24, 30 and 60 dollar coins from silver, and 120, 240, 480 and 1200 dollar coins from gold. The smallest note should be 1200 dollars - then you would have a proper monetary system. You could call the $12 coin something beginning with S and the $240 gold coin something beginning with L. The silver coins should have 66 $12 coins weighing twelve troy ounces of .925 silver, and the gold coins should be based on a $240 coin weighing 123.274 grains of .9166 gold. Does this mean I'm bound for Hell? James the Unwashed That's not a judgement I can make, but I know that there is only One True Monetary System, and at the current exchange, one US dollar will buy less than a True Penny since it (by definition) takes nearly one thousand and nineteen and a half True Pence to buy an ounce of gold. I'm having trouble with the term "True Penny". Please elaborate. James the Denarius-Pincher |
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Mr. Jaggers lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
Peter Irwin wrote: Mr. Jaggers lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: Peter Irwin wrote: Mr. Jaggers lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: Sacrilege! Don't you know that our currency system originated in the Garden of Eden? If the cent was good enough for Adam, it's good enough for me. James the Fundie You aren't half the Fundie you should be. Make dollars, halves and quarters from bronze, 3, 6, 12, 24, 30 and 60 dollar coins from silver, and 120, 240, 480 and 1200 dollar coins from gold. The smallest note should be 1200 dollars - then you would have a proper monetary system. You could call the $12 coin something beginning with S and the $240 gold coin something beginning with L. The silver coins should have 66 $12 coins weighing twelve troy ounces of .925 silver, and the gold coins should be based on a $240 coin weighing 123.274 grains of .9166 gold. Does this mean I'm bound for Hell? James the Unwashed That's not a judgement I can make, but I know that there is only One True Monetary System, and at the current exchange, one US dollar will buy less than a True Penny since it (by definition) takes nearly one thousand and nineteen and a half True Pence to buy an ounce of gold. I'm having trouble with the term "True Penny". Please elaborate. James the Denarius-Pincher In the One True Monetary System there are 240 pence in a pound, and a pound is equal (very very nearly) to 113 grains of fine gold. The True Penny is the penny of the One True Monetary System, and thus by definition 1019 1/2 of them will buy just a hair over an ounce of gold. Peter. |
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On Dec 9, 5:24*pm, Peter Irwin wrote:
Mr. Jaggers lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: Peter Irwin wrote: Mr. Jaggers lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: Peter Irwin wrote: Mr. Jaggers lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: Sacrilege! *Don't you know that our currency system originated in the Garden of Eden? *If the cent was good enough for Adam, it's good enough for me. James the Fundie You aren't half the Fundie you should be. Make dollars, halves and quarters from bronze, 3, 6, 12, 24, 30 and 60 dollar coins from silver, and 120, 240, 480 and 1200 dollar coins from gold. The smallest note should be 1200 dollars - then you would have a proper monetary system. You could call the $12 coin something beginning with S and the $240 gold coin something beginning with L. The silver coins should have 66 $12 coins weighing twelve troy ounces of .925 silver, and the gold coins should be based on a $240 coin weighing 123.274 grains of .9166 gold. Does this mean I'm bound for Hell? James the Unwashed That's not a judgement I can make, but I know that there is only One True Monetary System, and at the current exchange, one US dollar will buy less than a True Penny since it (by definition) takes nearly one thousand and nineteen and a half True Pence to buy an ounce of gold. I'm having trouble with the term "True Penny". *Please elaborate. James the Denarius-Pincher In the One True Monetary System there are 240 pence in a pound, and a pound is equal (very very nearly) to 113 grains of fine gold. The True Penny is the penny of the One True Monetary System, and thus by definition 1019 1/2 of them will buy just a hair over an ounce of gold. Peter.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - My maternal great-grandpa, a Scot by the name of Brown, met his first wife at a Greater-Imperial Institute lecture on "The Evils of the Decimal System". Hopefully I'm no relation to "Mr. $297", el-Gordo Brown. oly |
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On Dec 9, 4:47*pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
Petronius wrote: "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... Petronius wrote: "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... Petronius wrote: "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... I always make it a point to use coins on the front side - if I have them, I like to get rid of them so they don't end up in the wash, like about $2 in oddments did this morning. At the end of the day my coins go into my piggy bank from whence they eventually wind up in a Coinstar machine. If I have change, I'll try to use it in a purchase but I rarely have enough. As pointed out before, the denominations of today's coins have not kept up with inflation. Back in the 50s, a candy bar cost a nickel, now one (albeit smaller) costs 50 cents. The cent, nickel and possibly dime could easily be eliminated from the ranks of current coinage without an adverse effect on the economy. Ease the public into the process slowly, by first eliminating the now-useless cent (keep making them for collectors though), after a few years do the same for the nickel and then the dime. By that time no one will miss them, esp. if we experience the runaway inflation the current administration's fiscal policies will engender. Start making more half dollars (which were in wide use 50 years ago, odd considering they were actually worth something then). Eliminate the dollar bill (like Canada did) to force the use of the dollar coins. Start making $2 coins and maybe even $5 ones Sacrilege! *Don't you know that our currency system originated in the Garden of Eden? *If the cent was good enough for Adam, it's good enough for me. James the Fundie Then let's bring back the half cent - perfect for paying the EXACT sales tax! You'd need the mill for that. James the Decimalator The mil, eh - that has never been part of out pantheon of coins. You should be called James the Apostate! I've seen plastic tokens from various states denominated in the mill for use in dealing with taxes. James the Apostle [heh]- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, but they were made 70 years ago when people would work real hard for 20 cents per hour. oly |
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oly wrote:
My maternal great-grandpa, a Scot by the name of Brown, met his first wife at a Greater-Imperial Institute lecture on "The Evils of the Decimal System". Sounds like a good lecture to me. The most obvious evil is that people not only lose their ability to do mixed base compound mental arithmetic, but lose their ability to do any sort of arithmetic at all without calculators. I once read an argument in favour of decimalization and metrification which claimed that people would get better at arithmetic if they had to do less of it. (I think it was by the otherwise mostly sane Isaac Asimov) The argument is absurd. The only way to get good at arithmetic is to do lots of it. Anything which requires you to do more calculations will make you better at them. (I'm not entirely serious) Peter. |
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oly wrote:
On Dec 9, 4:47 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: Petronius wrote: "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... Petronius wrote: "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... Petronius wrote: "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... I always make it a point to use coins on the front side - if I have them, I like to get rid of them so they don't end up in the wash, like about $2 in oddments did this morning. At the end of the day my coins go into my piggy bank from whence they eventually wind up in a Coinstar machine. If I have change, I'll try to use it in a purchase but I rarely have enough. As pointed out before, the denominations of today's coins have not kept up with inflation. Back in the 50s, a candy bar cost a nickel, now one (albeit smaller) costs 50 cents. The cent, nickel and possibly dime could easily be eliminated from the ranks of current coinage without an adverse effect on the economy. Ease the public into the process slowly, by first eliminating the now-useless cent (keep making them for collectors though), after a few years do the same for the nickel and then the dime. By that time no one will miss them, esp. if we experience the runaway inflation the current administration's fiscal policies will engender. Start making more half dollars (which were in wide use 50 years ago, odd considering they were actually worth something then). Eliminate the dollar bill (like Canada did) to force the use of the dollar coins. Start making $2 coins and maybe even $5 ones Sacrilege! Don't you know that our currency system originated in the Garden of Eden? If the cent was good enough for Adam, it's good enough for me. James the Fundie Then let's bring back the half cent - perfect for paying the EXACT sales tax! You'd need the mill for that. James the Decimalator The mil, eh - that has never been part of out pantheon of coins. You should be called James the Apostate! I've seen plastic tokens from various states denominated in the mill for use in dealing with taxes. James the Apostle [heh]- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, but they were made 70 years ago when people would work real hard for 20 cents per hour. Et alors? James the Non-Sequitator |
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Peter Irwin wrote:
Mr. Jaggers lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: Peter Irwin wrote: Mr. Jaggers lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: Peter Irwin wrote: Mr. Jaggers lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: Sacrilege! Don't you know that our currency system originated in the Garden of Eden? If the cent was good enough for Adam, it's good enough for me. James the Fundie You aren't half the Fundie you should be. Make dollars, halves and quarters from bronze, 3, 6, 12, 24, 30 and 60 dollar coins from silver, and 120, 240, 480 and 1200 dollar coins from gold. The smallest note should be 1200 dollars - then you would have a proper monetary system. You could call the $12 coin something beginning with S and the $240 gold coin something beginning with L. The silver coins should have 66 $12 coins weighing twelve troy ounces of .925 silver, and the gold coins should be based on a $240 coin weighing 123.274 grains of .9166 gold. Does this mean I'm bound for Hell? James the Unwashed That's not a judgement I can make, but I know that there is only One True Monetary System, and at the current exchange, one US dollar will buy less than a True Penny since it (by definition) takes nearly one thousand and nineteen and a half True Pence to buy an ounce of gold. I'm having trouble with the term "True Penny". Please elaborate. James the Denarius-Pincher In the One True Monetary System there are 240 pence in a pound, and a pound is equal (very very nearly) to 113 grains of fine gold. The True Penny is the penny of the One True Monetary System, and thus by definition 1019 1/2 of them will buy just a hair over an ounce of gold. Some of my distant ancestors grew up under the OTMS, but for some reason yet unknown to me they chose to come to America. If I dug too deeply I might find that they were horse thieves, so I try not to pursue the matter. Anyway, if you can get your ounce of gold for 1019.5 current English pennies, go for it. James the Opportunist |
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On Dec 9, 5:47*pm, Peter Irwin wrote:
oly wrote: My maternal great-grandpa, a Scot by the name of Brown, met his first wife at a Greater-Imperial Institute lecture on "The Evils of the Decimal System". Sounds like a good lecture to me. The most obvious evil is that people not only lose their ability to do mixed base compound mental arithmetic, but lose their ability to do any sort of arithmetic at all without calculators. I once read an argument in favour of decimalization and metrification which claimed that people would get better at arithmetic if they had to do less of it. (I think it was by the otherwise mostly sane Isaac Asimov) The argument is absurd. The only way to get good at arithmetic is to do lots of it. Anything which requires you to do more calculations will make you better at them. (I'm not entirely serious) Peter. After almost 30 years as a financial auditor of one sort or another, I have come to this conclusion: If a person was capable of doing the math necessary to calculate the compound interest and could understand just how much they would utlimately pay (or at least be obligated for) --- then they would never borrow the money in the first place. Only the financially illiterate borrow vast sums of money in the first place. The game is rigged from the git-go. oly |
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