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   Snidely to All   
   Re: The Indian on the American quarter,    
   05 Sep 25 22:56:57   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Pluted Pup explained :   
   > 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.   
      
   An Indian name George, 1st President of the US?   
      
   Or are you just picking up an AI hallucination on Facebook?   
      
   /dps   
      
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