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|    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              --       insecticide,patricide,fungicide,decide,....              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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