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   HVS to Windchaser   
   Re: The Indian on the American quarter,    
   05 Sep 25 10:21:32   
   
   From: office@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk   
      
   On 05 Sep 2025, Windchaser wrote   
      
   > On 9/4/25 5:09 PM, Pluted Pup wrote:   
   >> So I've heard that having Indians represent sports   
   >> teams is racist, so having Indian kitsch on coinage   
   >> would be even worse?  Perhaps you never knew this,   
   >> living the cash-free lifestyle, but the American   
   >> "quarter" -- a metal disc with a market value of   
   >> $0.25 US Dollars -- has a sculpture of an Indian on   
   >> the "face" side of each coin.  Perhaps it's time to   
   >> issue a strongly worded letter of protest.   
   >   
   > What are you smoking, and where can I get some? The US quarter has   
   > a white guy on it.   
      
   Indeed.  There was a US penny that had an Indian head, but that was   
   discontinued in 1909, and there was an Indian head nickel, but that one   
   was discontinued in 1938.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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