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"A.E. Gelat" wrote: "Michael G. Koerner" wrote in message ... Scott Stevenson wrote: On Sat, 28 May 2005 22:47:34 -0500, "A.E. Gelat" wrote: This is incredible! If the presidential dollar coins are the size of the golden dollars, they too will fail, and the dollar bill will survive. I am all for eliminating the bill, but the replacement coin must be small, perhaps even smaller than the quarter. Why would it need to be smaller than a quarter? What is wrong with the current size? Weight and bulk Tony Us here in the UK have managed fine with a thick and "heavy" £1 coin for 22 years with no complaints. Billy Seems to work fine at that size in Canuckistan. -- ___________________________________________ ____ _______________ tony Regards, | |\ ____ | | | | |\ Michael G. Koerner May they | | | | | | rise again! Appleton, Wisconsin USA | | | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | _______________ ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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In a recent message "A.E. Gelat" wrote:
"Scott Stevenson" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 May 2005 22:47:34 -0500, "A.E. Gelat" wrote: This is incredible! If the presidential dollar coins are the size of the golden dollars, they too will fail, and the dollar bill will survive. I am all for eliminating the bill, but the replacement coin must be small, perhaps even smaller than the quarter. Tony Why would it need to be smaller than a quarter? What is wrong with the current size? take care, Scott If the dollar bill goes away and is replaced by dollar coins of today's size, people will not use them because of the weight and bulk. That will be another boondoggle. How often do you get any of the current dollar coins anywhere except at stamp vending machines? In the UK, the 1 pound coin (worth about $1.80) is the size a nickel and has been accepted by the public. Bigger, thicker and heavier than a nickel. However, the two pound coin has caught on perfectly happily and it is much larger than the 'golden dollar' -- Tony Clayton Coins of the UK : http://www.coinsoftheuk.info Sent using RISCOS on an Acorn Strong Arm RiscPC .... Modem, said the gardener when he'd finished the lawn.. |
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note.boy wrote:
Why would it need to be smaller than a quarter? What is wrong with the current size? Weight and bulk Us here in the UK have managed fine with a thick and "heavy" £1 coin for 22 years with no complaints. Billy Exactly. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the current US dollar coin. It's only nominally more weighty than quarters, and no one complains about them. It always cracks me up -- the exact same people complain that dollar coins get confused with quarters, and that they're too big and heavy. You can't have it both ways. -- Bob |
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Kay Archer wrote:
If the Susan B's had actually been 12-sided as promised, they may have been more acceptable for the general user. And no need for the larger 'golden' dollar. Huh? Sackies are the exact same size as Susies, not larger. -- Bob |
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"A.E. Gelat" wrote:
"Scott Stevenson" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 May 2005 22:47:34 -0500, "A.E. Gelat" wrote: This is incredible! If the presidential dollar coins are the size of the golden dollars, they too will fail, and the dollar bill will survive. I am all for eliminating the bill, but the replacement coin must be small, perhaps even smaller than the quarter. Tony Why would it need to be smaller than a quarter? What is wrong with the current size? take care, Scott If the dollar bill goes away and is replaced by dollar coins of today's size, people will not use them because of the weight and bulk. That will be another boondoggle. How often do you get any of the current dollar coins anywhere except at stamp vending machines? In the UK, the 1 pound coin (worth about $1.80) is the size a nickel and has been accepted by the public. Just ask the Canuckistanis. Their 'Loon' C$1 coin is exactly the same dimensions as the current USA $1 coin. -- ___________________________________________ ____ _______________ Regards, | |\ ____ | | | | |\ Michael G. Koerner May they | | | | | | rise again! Appleton, Wisconsin USA | | | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | _______________ |
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All the presidential Golden Dollars will have liberty on them. On the
reverse. All of them. They will continue to mint Sacagaweas as well (not sure if they will also have the Statue of Liberty on the reverse). -- -Fred Shecter remove zorch two places to reply Current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQgotopage...sortpropertyZ1 "Padraic Brown" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 May 2005 22:47:18 GMT, "Fred Shecter" wrote: * They looked at weaning folks off the $1 bill by flooding the USA with $2 bills, but they may just stop printing Twos and use the $5 bill and the Golden Dollar Coins. Well, we all here know that "weaning" doesn't work. Didn't work in 1979 nor in 2000. This is one instance where cold turkey is the only feasable way. On the other hand, they WOULD have to flood America with nasty Dead Presidents... I am reminded of the old maxim: 'Be careful what you wish for'. With the exception of the "dollar coins are too heavy to carry" fogeys, almost everyone here (me incl.) has wished they would be rid of the rag dollar in favour of the coin. Looks like we're going to get just that, only with Willam Harrison's mug on in stead of some more attractive Liberty. Who was William Harrison? The US president whose ONLY claims to fame are 1)longest inaugural speech, 2) shortest term in office (hint: the two are almost the same length), 3) will have his mug on a dollar coin. BORING! The Dutch euro coins are more exciting. Padraic. la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. |
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On Mon, 30 May 2005 02:03:13 GMT, "Fred Shecter"
wrote: All the presidential Golden Dollars will have liberty on them. On the reverse. All of them. They will continue to mint Sacagaweas as well (not sure if they will also have the Statue of Liberty on the reverse). Bizarre. It just gets worse and worse! Padraic. la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. |
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Fred Shecter wrote: * Dollar bills will be gone by 2015. I guess topless dancers will go broke then! |
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They take two's and fives, prefer twenties and fifties
-- * /?\ /___\ -O=O- ^ AS & His Magic Hat A conclusion is simply the place where you decided to stop thinking. "Jon" wrote in message news:amNme.148$Zt.41@okepread05... Fred Shecter wrote: * Dollar bills will be gone by 2015. I guess topless dancers will go broke then! |
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Jon wrote:
Fred Shecter wrote: * Dollar bills will be gone by 2015. I guess topless dancers will go broke then! I'll say it again... **DON'T BE SO G$# D%#& *CHEAP*!!!!** Adjust your tipping for inflation and use $5s. You'll be AMAZED by the rapid improvement in the quality of the shows that you get in return. -- ___________________________________________ ____ _______________ Regards, | |\ ____ | | | | |\ Michael G. Koerner May they | | | | | | rise again! Appleton, Wisconsin USA | | | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | _______________ |
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