Re: Types of numerals

On 1/5/06, Nomad of Norad David C. Hall <nomad-conlang@...> wrote:
>
> Well, there is a dollar coin.  Actually, there have been two different
> ones in the last decade or two: the Susan B Anthony dollar coin, which
> flopped because it was physically the same size as a quarter (and thus
> couldn't be differintiated easily by feel when fumbling about for change
> in ones pocket), and then its recent replacement, the Sakajuia (sp?)
> dollar, which is exactly the same size as the Susan B Anthony!
Same diameter, different thickness, different feel to the edges.  It
is much easier than the SBA dollar to distinguish by touch.  It's
visually distinct by dint of being gold instead of silver.

Oh, and since you asked: it's usually spelled "Sacagawea", properly
pronounced something like /sa,kaga'weja/, but usually mispronounced as
/,s&k@dZ@'wi:j@/.


> There used to be a dollar coin that was way bigger.  the Kennedy dollar.
The silver dollar.  Still used colloquially as a size reference even
though the actual coin is rare.  Historically there have been may
different obverses; I'm not sure, but I don't think JFK is one of
them.  He does appear on the half-dollar, which is also rare these
days.



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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>