Re: Currency Terms (was Re: French liaisons (was something else))
| From: | Muke Tever <hotblack@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, February 8, 2004, 8:36 |
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On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 01:55:41 -0600, Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
wrote:
> "Ph. D." wrote:
>> The US Mint has issued a dollar coin (the one with
>> the native American woman on it).
Sacagawea--complete with pronunciation from the variant "Sacajawea" (which
apparently has no historical basis).
>> No one uses
>> them except the machines at the post office when
>> giving change. The fact that no one likes them is
>> why the US Mint has not gone ahead and removed
>> the paper dollar.
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> *I* like them, but I never get them. Besides, what's it matter whether
> people like them or not? If they stopped making paper dollars, people
> would have to use the dollar coin pretty quick.
I ask for them specially at the bank when I make withdrawals (which is
admittedly, not often; yay for check cards).
I find it easier to save coins than paper (coins get dumped in the change
jar on returning home; paper gets carried around and spent later).
*Muke!
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