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   J.D. Baldwin to dannyb@panix.com   
   Re: The Penny, 1792-2025   
   13 Nov 25 11:07:16   
   
   From: SURNAME@panix.removethispart.com   
      
   In the previous article, danny burstein   wrote:   
   > >Stupider because when we finally came up with a dollar coin   
   > >intended to be introduced into regular circulation, we made it look   
   > >really close to the quarter. God, we're idiots.   
   >   
   > Hence we should look to the north (for most of us) to   
   > our neighbor, Canada, and check out their two dollar   
   > coin affectionetly called the "toonie".   
   >   
   > Note how it's a two parter, with a separate   
   > disc sticking up from the center.  Very easy   
   > to tell from the others.   
      
   Unfortunately, we are stuck with the current dollar-coin design   
   forever, because changing it would require refit of millions of   
   vending machines. Like I said:  stupid.   
   --   
   jd   
      
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