# America has a bat on a coin **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073 "2020-09-20T12:01:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073/21 "2020-09-22T04:56:33Z")
“Oh, bat boy!” [![](https://lelands.com/images_items/item_52363_1.jpg) ](https://lelands.com/images_items/item_52363_1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073/22 "2020-09-22T06:37:28Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Is it legal tender, and if so, what’s the denomination? Yes, 25 cents. The link is to the huge 5 ounce silver version, but the design is also on normal-sized quarters that are in circulation. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073/23 "2020-09-22T14:38:56Z")
also available now is the first lady coin for Barbara Bush. Not well known but all dead first ladies have coins. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073/24 "2020-09-22T14:52:44Z")
I am prepared to have one of those coins. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073/25 "2020-09-22T15:34:19Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > also available now is the first lady coin for Barbara Bush. Not well known but all dead first ladies have coins. \<_reads post_\> \<_reads thread title_\> That wasn’t very nice. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073/26 "2020-09-22T18:12:04Z")
You have to ban Bacardi too. [![](https://products2.imgix.drizly.com/ci-bacardi-superior-rum-dfd1809889854320.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fm=jpg&q=20) ](https://products2.imgix.drizly.com/ci-bacardi-superior-rum-dfd1809889854320.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fm=jpg&q=20) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073/27 "2020-09-22T18:15:25Z")
My love of bats has led to a few Bacardi items in my collection. With a friend’s help, I even turned a metal Bacardi bottle stopper into a cane topper. The laptop I’m typing on right now has a Bacadi sticker on it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073/28 "2020-09-22T18:47:49Z")
The thumbnail looked like the coin accurately depicted the [giant bat penis](https://www.google.com/search?q=Giant+bat+penis&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiL7quStf3rAhXSFTQIHSa2AyIQ_AUIBigB&biw=432&bih=782), but nope–just a second head. PuzzleGal: Edited to comply with the “two click” rule. That’s not an image of the coin, it’s what it says. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073/29 "2020-09-23T12:30:36Z")
Why does the bat have two heads? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073/30 "2020-09-23T12:55:21Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Here is an image of the four stamps issued in 2014: Ahhh, the “Batman Forever” stamp 🦇 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073/31 "2020-09-23T18:41:25Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Why does the bat have two heads? Doubleheader! 🙂 It is a Chicago Cub\*\*, I mean just a cub of the mother bat in the coin. From the link in the OP: > The reverse (tails) design depicts a Samoan fruit bat mother hanging in a tree with her pup. The image evokes the remarkable care and energy this species puts into its offspring. The design is intended to promote awareness to the species’ threatened status resulting from habitat loss and commercial hunting. > . > . > . \*\* 🦆 & 🏃🏽‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073/32 "2020-09-24T00:30:26Z")
Oh, okay. I didn’t realize they could hold the babies like that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-has-a-bat-on-a-coin/921073.md?page=1)