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You people and your f%#@*&^ plastic. William McKinley, GroverCleveland, James Madison, and Salmon P. Chase, where are you when we needyou?!
Bringing back those large denomination bills actually might stimulate the economy as retired or unemployed counterfeiters will find it profitable to return to work again. *If Obama continues to hand out $250 stimuli to struggling groups in our society, there might be a use for a $250 bill before the bigger ones are printed.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Make that a $200 bill. NO $250 bills, please. Too odd of a denomination. (But this is coming from someone who would actually favor the Treasury to ressurrect the plans they orginally had, to print $3 bills when the U.S. government first started issuing currency. The plans for $3 bills somehow got dropped. Wonder why? Someone here did say that horse tracks would love $3 bills to raise their minimum $2 bet to a $3 bet. But, yeah $3 bills would have awesome) |
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You people and your f%#@*&^ plastic. William McKinley, Grover Cleveland, James Madison, and Salmon P. Chase, where are you when we need you?!
Drago the Wolf wrote:
Bringing back those large denomination bills actually might stimulate the economy as retired or unemployed counterfeiters will find it profitable to return to work again. If Obama continues to hand out $250 stimuli to struggling groups in our society, there might be a use for a $250 bill before the bigger ones are printed.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Make that a $200 bill. NO $250 bills, please. Too odd of a denomination. (But this is coming from someone who would actually favor the Treasury to ressurrect the plans they orginally had, to print $3 bills when the U.S. government first started issuing currency. The plans for $3 bills somehow got dropped. Wonder why? Someone here did say that horse tracks would love $3 bills to raise their minimum $2 bet to a $3 bet. But, yeah $3 bills would have awesome) The idea that a denomination of 25 of anything is "too odd" goes back at least as far as Jefferson, who observed that the quarter dollar is not really a proper decimal unit. As I'm sure you know, the quarter won out over his scientific objections, as it was intended to circulate at par with the Spanish 2 reales. James the Moneychanger |
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You people and your f%#@*&^ plastic. William McKinley, Grover Cleveland, James Madison, and Salmon P. Chase, where are you when we need you?!
Bruce Remick wrote:
"Drago the Wolf" wrote in message ... Also, the game show "Let's Mak A Deal" is back on the air, so we now need new $200, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000 bills, and let's add $200 and $2,000 bills with it so that the new show can be the same as the old version where they were actually giving out large bills as prizes (I've seen a $5,000 bill being offered on the old Let's Make A Deal, and the host said that the bank told him "Take good care of that $5,000 bill. Its the only one on this side of the country") And serioulsy, wouldn't it be exciting to go on a game show and win a $10,000 bill? I sure would love it. You're right. The return of Let's Make a Deal is one factor I hadn't considered that should tip the balance toward reissue of $5,000 and $10,000 bills. I'll wait here while you compose another letter. The "Let's Make a Deal" part was actually a joke. I just said it to see what other people would say. I know its no good reason to bring back big bills. _____________ Bringing back those large denomination bills actually might stimulate the economy as retired or unemployed counterfeiters will find it profitable to return to work again. If Obama continues to hand out $250 stimuli to struggling groups in our society, there might be a use for a $250 bill before the bigger ones are printed. I'm struggling, and I haven't seen a $250 Obama stimulus check in my mailbox. What do I have to do to get mine? James the Destitute |
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You people and your f%#@*&^ plastic. William McKinley, Grover Cleveland, James Madison, and Salmon P. Chase, where are you when we need you?!
"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... Bruce Remick wrote: "Drago the Wolf" wrote in message ... Also, the game show "Let's Mak A Deal" is back on the air, so we now need new $200, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000 bills, and let's add $200 and $2,000 bills with it so that the new show can be the same as the old version where they were actually giving out large bills as prizes (I've seen a $5,000 bill being offered on the old Let's Make A Deal, and the host said that the bank told him "Take good care of that $5,000 bill. Its the only one on this side of the country") And serioulsy, wouldn't it be exciting to go on a game show and win a $10,000 bill? I sure would love it. You're right. The return of Let's Make a Deal is one factor I hadn't considered that should tip the balance toward reissue of $5,000 and $10,000 bills. I'll wait here while you compose another letter. The "Let's Make a Deal" part was actually a joke. I just said it to see what other people would say. I know its no good reason to bring back big bills. _____________ Bringing back those large denomination bills actually might stimulate the economy as retired or unemployed counterfeiters will find it profitable to return to work again. If Obama continues to hand out $250 stimuli to struggling groups in our society, there might be a use for a $250 bill before the bigger ones are printed. I'm struggling, and I haven't seen a $250 Obama stimulus check in my mailbox. What do I have to do to get mine? Hey, I thought I was supposed to get one earlier this year, along with everybody else who didn't earn too much. My wife did (Social Security), but this federal retiree never did. I did read something about a possible tax credit for those in my situation, but I'll believe that when the tax forms come out. Now I see that President Obama beileves that govt employees and SS retirees should receive another $250 stimulus to compensate for the fact that no COL raise will be necessary in 2010. Sorry, you lucky private sector folks apparently have no need for such a handout. I suspect the money to pay for all this will come from "eliminating fraud and waste", something no one apparentlybothers with until a large sum of money is needed for something. |
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You people and your f%#@*&^ plastic. William McKinley, Grover Cleveland, James Madison, and Salmon P. Chase, where are you when we need you?!
"Bruce Remick" wrote in message ... "Peter" wrote in message ... On Oct 18, 8:11 pm, "Bruce Remick" wrote: If you can document a significant public demand for a return to large denomination bills, write your representative if you feel so strongly about it. Almost any bank in Europe will freely distribute banknotes up to 500 Euros. I suspect that this property is one that helps make Euros more valuable than dollars just now. Note that Europe's problems with counterfeits are significant and most shops will not accept anything over 100, and many are reluctant to take anything over 50. \______________ I read here that there have been some concern in Great Britain with counterfeiting of popular UK £1 coins. We have inadvertantly avoided that problem here in the US by producing dollar coins that don't circulate. There are many millions of counterfeit £1 coins in circulation in the UK but I seldom spot one so they are either very good fakes or the % of them is too low to make getting one a regular occurrence. Having those fakes in circulation is still better than printing many millions of £1 notes each year at enormous cost. The Royal Bank of Scotland has not printed £1 notes for several years as they still have a few million unissued from the last print run, they will probably never print £1 notes again, I'm looking out for notes of the last ever prefix but it may be years before they are released into circulation. Billy |
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You people and your f%#@*&^ plastic. William McKinley, Grover Cleveland, James Madison, and Salmon P. Chase, where are you when we need you?!
"note.boy" wrote in message ... "Bruce Remick" wrote in message ... "Peter" wrote in message ... On Oct 18, 8:11 pm, "Bruce Remick" wrote: If you can document a significant public demand for a return to large denomination bills, write your representative if you feel so strongly about it. Almost any bank in Europe will freely distribute banknotes up to 500 Euros. I suspect that this property is one that helps make Euros more valuable than dollars just now. Note that Europe's problems with counterfeits are significant and most shops will not accept anything over 100, and many are reluctant to take anything over 50. \______________ I read here that there have been some concern in Great Britain with counterfeiting of popular UK £1 coins. We have inadvertantly avoided that problem here in the US by producing dollar coins that don't circulate. There are many millions of counterfeit £1 coins in circulation in the UK but I seldom spot one so they are either very good fakes or the % of them is too low to make getting one a regular occurrence. How about the £2 coins? I presume they are being counterfeited, too. Having those fakes in circulation is still better than printing many millions of £1 notes each year at enormous cost. If there is an occasional need to print £1 notes it is probably because they still are being used and are wearing out. When there is no need for new ones, the public apparently will have totally accepted the coin-- legal and/or counterfeit. Maybe the government could save even more money by eliminating £1 coin production altogether and letting the counterfeiters bear all the cost. The Royal Bank of Scotland has not printed £1 notes for several years as they still have a few million unissued from the last print run, they will probably never print £1 notes again, I'm looking out for notes of the last ever prefix but it may be years before they are released into circulation. Billy Sounds a lot like our $2 notes. |
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You people and your f%#@*&^ plastic. William McKinley, Grover Cleveland, James Madison, and Salmon P. Chase, where are you when we need you?!
Bruce Remick wrote:
"note.boy" wrote in message ... "Bruce Remick" wrote in message ... "Peter" wrote in message ... On Oct 18, 8:11 pm, "Bruce Remick" wrote: If you can document a significant public demand for a return to large denomination bills, write your representative if you feel so strongly about it. Almost any bank in Europe will freely distribute banknotes up to 500 Euros. I suspect that this property is one that helps make Euros more valuable than dollars just now. Note that Europe's problems with counterfeits are significant and most shops will not accept anything over 100, and many are reluctant to take anything over 50. \______________ I read here that there have been some concern in Great Britain with counterfeiting of popular UK £1 coins. We have inadvertantly avoided that problem here in the US by producing dollar coins that don't circulate. There are many millions of counterfeit £1 coins in circulation in the UK but I seldom spot one so they are either very good fakes or the % of them is too low to make getting one a regular occurrence. How about the £2 coins? I presume they are being counterfeited, too. Having those fakes in circulation is still better than printing many millions of £1 notes each year at enormous cost. If there is an occasional need to print £1 notes it is probably because they still are being used and are wearing out. When there is no need for new ones, the public apparently will have totally accepted the coin-- legal and/or counterfeit. Maybe the government could save even more money by eliminating £1 coin production altogether and letting the counterfeiters bear all the cost. The Royal Bank of Scotland has not printed £1 notes for several years as they still have a few million unissued from the last print run, they will probably never print £1 notes again, I'm looking out for notes of the last ever prefix but it may be years before they are released into circulation. Billy Sounds a lot like our $2 notes. There are those who would say that even the government-issued coins are counterfeits, inasmuch as they are backed by nothing other than the government's good name and reputation. James the Libertarian |
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You people and your f%#@*&^ plastic. William McKinley, Grover Cleveland, James Madison, and Salmon P. Chase, where are you when we need you?!
"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... Bruce Remick wrote: "note.boy" wrote in message ... "Bruce Remick" wrote in message ... "Peter" wrote in message ... On Oct 18, 8:11 pm, "Bruce Remick" wrote: If you can document a significant public demand for a return to large denomination bills, write your representative if you feel so strongly about it. Almost any bank in Europe will freely distribute banknotes up to 500 Euros. I suspect that this property is one that helps make Euros more valuable than dollars just now. Note that Europe's problems with counterfeits are significant and most shops will not accept anything over 100, and many are reluctant to take anything over 50. \______________ I read here that there have been some concern in Great Britain with counterfeiting of popular UK £1 coins. We have inadvertantly avoided that problem here in the US by producing dollar coins that don't circulate. There are many millions of counterfeit £1 coins in circulation in the UK but I seldom spot one so they are either very good fakes or the % of them is too low to make getting one a regular occurrence. How about the £2 coins? I presume they are being counterfeited, too. Having those fakes in circulation is still better than printing many millions of £1 notes each year at enormous cost. If there is an occasional need to print £1 notes it is probably because they still are being used and are wearing out. When there is no need for new ones, the public apparently will have totally accepted the coin-- legal and/or counterfeit. Maybe the government could save even more money by eliminating £1 coin production altogether and letting the counterfeiters bear all the cost. The Royal Bank of Scotland has not printed £1 notes for several years as they still have a few million unissued from the last print run, they will probably never print £1 notes again, I'm looking out for notes of the last ever prefix but it may be years before they are released into circulation. Billy Sounds a lot like our $2 notes. There are those who would say that even the government-issued coins are counterfeits, inasmuch as they are backed by nothing other than the government's good name and reputation. James the Libertarian It does make some sort of perverse sense then to let willing counterfeiters incur all the cost of making coins, especially the large denominations. Like you point out, they aren't backed by anything (the coins) either way. Error collectors would be in hog heaven. |
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You people and your f%#@*&^ plastic. William McKinley, GroverCleveland, James Madison, and Salmon P. Chase, where are you when we needyou?!
On Oct 19, 10:46*am, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com
wrote: Bruce Remick wrote: "note.boy" wrote in message ... "Bruce Remick" wrote in message ... "Peter" wrote in message .... On Oct 18, 8:11 pm, "Bruce Remick" wrote: If you can document a significant public demand for a return to large denomination bills, write your representative if you feel so strongly about it. Almost any bank in Europe will freely distribute banknotes up to 500 Euros. *I suspect that this property is one that helps make Euros more valuable than dollars just now. *Note that Europe's problems with counterfeits are significant and most shops will not accept anything over 100, and many are reluctant to take anything over 50. \______________ I read here that there have been some concern in Great Britain with counterfeiting of popular UK £1 coins. *We have inadvertantly avoided that problem here in the US by producing dollar coins that don't circulate. There are many millions of counterfeit £1 coins in circulation in the UK but I seldom spot one so they are either very good fakes or the % of them is too low to make getting one a regular occurrence. How about the £2 coins? *I presume they are being counterfeited, too. Having those fakes in circulation is still better than printing many millions of £1 notes each year at enormous cost. If there is an occasional need to print £1 notes it is probably because they still are being used and are wearing out. *When there is no need for new ones, the public apparently will have totally accepted the coin-- legal and/or counterfeit. *Maybe the government could save even more money by eliminating £1 coin production altogether and letting the counterfeiters bear all the cost. The Royal Bank of Scotland has not printed £1 notes for several years as they still have a few million unissued from the last print run, they will probably never print £1 notes again, I'm looking out for notes of the last ever prefix but it may be years before they are released into circulation. Billy Sounds a lot like our $2 notes. There are those who would say that even the government-issued coins are counterfeits, inasmuch as they are backed by nothing other than the government's good name and reputation. James the Libertarian- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Last I checked, nickels were trading at close to par (i.e., the metal was worth around 5 cents). Not sure that this leads to a practical strategy, even so. |
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You people and your f%#@*&^ plastic. William McKinley, Grover Cleveland, James Madison, and Salmon P. Chase, where are you when we need you?!
Bruce Remick wrote:
"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... Bruce Remick wrote: "note.boy" wrote in message ... "Bruce Remick" wrote in message ... "Peter" wrote in message ... On Oct 18, 8:11 pm, "Bruce Remick" wrote: If you can document a significant public demand for a return to large denomination bills, write your representative if you feel so strongly about it. Almost any bank in Europe will freely distribute banknotes up to 500 Euros. I suspect that this property is one that helps make Euros more valuable than dollars just now. Note that Europe's problems with counterfeits are significant and most shops will not accept anything over 100, and many are reluctant to take anything over 50. \______________ I read here that there have been some concern in Great Britain with counterfeiting of popular UK £1 coins. We have inadvertantly avoided that problem here in the US by producing dollar coins that don't circulate. There are many millions of counterfeit £1 coins in circulation in the UK but I seldom spot one so they are either very good fakes or the % of them is too low to make getting one a regular occurrence. How about the £2 coins? I presume they are being counterfeited, too. Having those fakes in circulation is still better than printing many millions of £1 notes each year at enormous cost. If there is an occasional need to print £1 notes it is probably because they still are being used and are wearing out. When there is no need for new ones, the public apparently will have totally accepted the coin-- legal and/or counterfeit. Maybe the government could save even more money by eliminating £1 coin production altogether and letting the counterfeiters bear all the cost. The Royal Bank of Scotland has not printed £1 notes for several years as they still have a few million unissued from the last print run, they will probably never print £1 notes again, I'm looking out for notes of the last ever prefix but it may be years before they are released into circulation. Billy Sounds a lot like our $2 notes. There are those who would say that even the government-issued coins are counterfeits, inasmuch as they are backed by nothing other than the government's good name and reputation. James the Libertarian It does make some sort of perverse sense then to let willing counterfeiters incur all the cost of making coins, especially the large denominations. Like you point out, they aren't backed by anything (the coins) either way. Error collectors would be in hog heaven. Somehow even my threadbare notions of morality have a problem with that. Even though it's pure fantasy on my part, I still like to think that a copper-plated Zincoln cent can trace its ancestry back to the guys that made the '93 chain AMERI. James the Copperhead |
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