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About my "Famous Dogs" Half Dollar Redesign idea
I've been thinking for a while now that, maybe if I do suggest my half
doggie dollar legislation, that, maybe I should just suggest that the half dollar coin remain the same size it is, instead of confusing people with a smaller one, but I'm not sure. So, should I suggest the new "Husky Halves" to remain the same size as the Kennedy halves? I mean, is it possible that there are some very few vending machines out there that take the current halves, other than casinos? And also, could vending machines be programmed to accept the current size half, if it started to widely circulate? (I heard from someone that, vending machine faceplates do not cost much, so I was wondering if I could get the vending industry interested in retooling for a circulating half) If vending machines and self- checkouts dispensed halves, then they WILL circulate, because, people will be getting halves in change that way, and even though I heard that the U.S. Mint, the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and vending industry do not want it, it will circulate to an extent, same as if machines dipensed $1 coins and $2 bills. If these four places do not want halves though, why mint them? |
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About my "Famous Dogs" Half Dollar Redesign idea
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About my "Famous Dogs" Half Dollar Redesign idea
"Jon Purkey" wrote in message ... On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 23:40:56 -0800 (PST), wrote: I've been thinking for a while now that, maybe if I do suggest my half doggie dollar legislation, that, maybe I should just suggest that the half dollar coin remain the same size it is, instead of confusing people with a smaller one, but I'm not sure. At this point, I hate to see another coin program. We will already have at least another 10 years for the National Parks Quarters. And the Presidential Dollars will run until 2016. Plus there are the 4 Lincoln Cents this year and I am not sure how many alternate Sac. reverses there will be or for how long? So while a new and smaller Half Dollar might be nice, any program for Famous Dogs or whatever else should wait until some of the other programs have ended. I don't like some of his ideas either. Coins from the US should actually represent something about our history or ideals. If we start making dog coins, we will then have to do cat coins, butterfly coins, bird coins, tree coins, flower coins, etc. We really don't need that kind of crap. It makes us look like those countries that strike coins and mint stamps solely for the collector markets, never intending them to actually be used as coins or stamps. I don't (or certainly hope) that our government never actually considers his ideas. They are just too childish. |
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About my "Famous Dogs" Half Dollar Redesign idea
"Jim Menning" wrote in message ... "Jon Purkey" wrote in message ... On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 23:40:56 -0800 (PST), wrote: I've been thinking for a while now that, maybe if I do suggest my half doggie dollar legislation, that, maybe I should just suggest that the half dollar coin remain the same size it is, instead of confusing people with a smaller one, but I'm not sure. At this point, I hate to see another coin program. We will already have at least another 10 years for the National Parks Quarters. And the Presidential Dollars will run until 2016. Plus there are the 4 Lincoln Cents this year and I am not sure how many alternate Sac. reverses there will be or for how long? So while a new and smaller Half Dollar might be nice, any program for Famous Dogs or whatever else should wait until some of the other programs have ended. I don't like some of his ideas either. Coins from the US should actually represent something about our history or ideals. If we start making dog coins, we will then have to do cat coins, butterfly coins, bird coins, tree coins, flower coins, etc. We really don't need that kind of crap. It makes us look like those countries that strike coins and mint stamps solely for the collector markets, never intending them to actually be used as coins or stamps. I don't (or certainly hope) that our government never actually considers his ideas. They are just too childish. Coin coins! A series of quarters memorializing the various forms of the penny. Dollars depicting all the nickel issues. Around and around she goes... |
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About my "Famous Dogs" Half Dollar Redesign idea
"mazorj" wrote in message ... Coin coins! A series of quarters memorializing the various forms of the penny. Dollars depicting all the nickel issues. Around and around she goes... Next we'll have to mint Zodiac coins. Get the new ones at your bank each month. |
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About my "Famous Dogs" Half Dollar Redesign idea
"Jim Menning" wrote in message ... "mazorj" wrote in message ... Coin coins! A series of quarters memorializing the various forms of the penny. Dollars depicting all the nickel issues. Around and around she goes... Next we'll have to mint Zodiac coins. Get the new ones at your bank each month. Why not resurrect the "spinner" token design for some of our larger coins? At least they then would have a more useful purpose. And it would create jobs. And it would encourage the use of one particular stimulus. And be green. And reduce our carbon footprint. And so on. |
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About my "Famous Dogs" Half Dollar Redesign idea
On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:21:19 GMT, "mazorj" wrote:
"Jim Menning" wrote in message ... "Jon Purkey" wrote in message ... On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 23:40:56 -0800 (PST), wrote: I've been thinking for a while now that, maybe if I do suggest my half doggie dollar legislation, that, maybe I should just suggest that the half dollar coin remain the same size it is, instead of confusing people with a smaller one, but I'm not sure. At this point, I hate to see another coin program. We will already have at least another 10 years for the National Parks Quarters. And the Presidential Dollars will run until 2016. Plus there are the 4 Lincoln Cents this year and I am not sure how many alternate Sac. reverses there will be or for how long? So while a new and smaller Half Dollar might be nice, any program for Famous Dogs or whatever else should wait until some of the other programs have ended. I don't like some of his ideas either. Coins from the US should actually represent something about our history or ideals. If we start making dog coins, we will then have to do cat coins, butterfly coins, bird coins, tree coins, flower coins, etc. We really don't need that kind of crap. It makes us look like those countries that strike coins and mint stamps solely for the collector markets, never intending them to actually be used as coins or stamps. I don't (or certainly hope) that our government never actually considers his ideas. They are just too childish. Coin coins! A series of quarters memorializing the various forms of the penny. Dollars depicting all the nickel issues. Around and around she goes... Actually, a series of coins reproducing classic coin desings could be interesting. It is certainly more interesting (to me) than the National Parks series will be. |
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About my "Famous Dogs" Half Dollar Redesign idea
On Jan 5, 2:12*pm, "Jim Menning" wrote:
"Jon Purkey" wrote in message ... On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 23:40:56 -0800 (PST), wrote: I've been thinking for a while now that, maybe if I do suggest my half doggie dollar legislation, that, maybe I should just suggest that the half dollar coin remain the same size it is, instead of confusing people with a smaller one, but I'm not sure. At this point, I hate to see another coin program. We will already have at least another 10 years for the National Parks Quarters. And the Presidential Dollars will run until 2016. Plus there are the 4 Lincoln Cents this year and I am not sure how many alternate Sac. reverses there will be or for how long? So while a new and smaller Half Dollar might be nice, any program for Famous Dogs or whatever else should wait until some of the other programs have ended. I don't like some of his ideas either. *Coins from the US should actually represent something about our history or ideals. *If we start making dog coins, we will then have to do cat coins, butterfly coins, bird coins, tree coins, flower coins, etc. *We really don't need that kind of crap. *It makes us look like those countries that strike coins and mint stamps solely for the collector markets, never intending them to actually be used as coins or stamps. I don't (or certainly hope) that our government never actually considers his ideas. They are just too childish.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hold on, buddy. You misunderstood my proposal. The proposal for the dog coins, was to honor famous police, military, fire, rescue, and sled dogs that served man kind, and often, lost their lives. (This act does NOT include famous movie dogs, like Lassie, or Old Yeller, but rather, dogs that have actually served a purpose to help man kind. Now think. Have you ever heard of "police butterflys" or "military trees" or "rescue flowers" etc. Please read my posts, and understand them, before you go bashing them. |
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About my "Famous Dogs" Half Dollar Redesign idea
wrote in message ... Please read my posts, and understand them, before you go bashing them. I read them. But once you get your dog fetish coin series, what will the next guy want? |
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