I have a $5 1953 B Silver Certificate in my wallet right now. It’s EXACTLY the same size as the newer bills. (Unfortunately, the Certificate is well-worn, so it’s probably worth no more than face value to a collector.)
One of our little band at the Southern California Shindig had a new Sackie and showed it to us. I thought it was an attractive coin, but I can see how some people might mistake it for transit or videogame token. It looks more like brass than gold.
Anyone else realize this is the first time a baby has appeared on a piece of American money, paper or coin?
If by ‘this date’ you mean 1905, the only money in circulation was good old US currency. I will have to follow up by reading the IBM History, etc. you mention. I wonder if they document their source.
As a Canadian who works in the US (live in the Windsor area, commute to Detroit every day), I routinely carry around both types of currency. When the Canadian loonies and twoonies first came out, I couldn’t stand them. At that time, I did not work in the U.S. Now, having the daily basis for comparison, I find the Canadian coins to be far more convenient than the American singles. Granted, being female, I don’t have the wallet-in-the-back-pocket problem. I do carry a wallet-sized purse (it’s about 3x5 inches), and it can get heavy at times from all of the coins. But, it can also get to the point that it is difficult to close because of the number of American singles stuffed in there! When it comes to vending machines and other insert-your-money-here machinery, coins beat bills hands down. I’ve yet to have a looney get rejected by a vending machine, while it happens all the time with brand new bills that have been folded.
And, gotta tell ya, the different colours of currency are much easier to deal with than all green. Ours are all the same size, but much easier to tell apart with the differing colours.
If you mean as opposed to pounds, shillings and pence, yes. But if you mean Silver Certificates, Federal Reserve Notes, and United States Notes, then, no. National Bank Notes were issued by thousands of chartered national banks until 1935.
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Oh, okay. But it’s not surprising I’ve never heard of it.
So that makes two coins with a baby depicted on each. On that website I mentioned above, there are pictures of what was called the “Education” series of paper currency which featured some young boy being educated by Athena, goddess of Wisdom, on the banks of the Potomac, the Washington Monument very prominent in the background.
Probably getting sex education, what with a 555-foot-tall phallic symbol overlooking everything.
Actually, I carry my wallet in front:
When I’m in jeans (which is often), it’s less likely to slip out on its own.
It’s a little less easily pickpocketed.
And that puppy’s THICK! I ain’t sittin’ on that!
A new world order has been formed/between the cheque book and the dawn/A new renaissance man is born"
Jim Moginie/Peter Garrett/Martin Rotsey(Midnight Oil), “Renaissance Man”
Suzies were still being minted last year. I rode the Metrolink train on Saturday and the ticket machine gave me five of them in change. All of them were dated 1999.
Well whether the new dollar coins are successful are not will eventually be moot. I work for a company called Coinco where they assemble many of the coin and bill changers you find on soda machines and the like. Right now the thing we’re most excited about is making the systems that will recognize the new smart cards. I personally look forward to smart cards as I’ll no longer need to piddle with bills or coins. Of course for those of you who need them they’ll still be around for awhile.
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Originally posted by Mac007:
**Well whether the new dollar coins are successful are not will eventually be moot. I work for a company called Coinco where they assemble many of the coin and bill changers you find on soda machines and the like. Right now the thing we’re most excited about is making the systems that will recognize the new smart cards. I personally look forward to smart cards as I’ll no longer need to piddle with bills or coins. Of course for those of you who need them they’ll still be around for awhile.
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Originally posted by Mac007:
**Well whether the new dollar coins are successful are not will eventually be moot. I work for a company called Coinco where they assemble many of the coin and bill changers you find on soda machines and the like. Right now the thing we’re most excited about is making the systems that will recognize the new smart cards. I personally look forward to smart cards as I’ll no longer need to piddle with bills or coins. Of course for those of you who need them they’ll still be around for awhile.
A coin dollar is more appropriate to reflect
the change in the value of a dollar…chump change…a dollar isnt worth enough to be
a bill. So lets get rid of pennies, melt em down and make dollars…Or we could just use pennies as dollars?
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Chicago’s got two kinds of machines on its system. One dispenses fare cards, and doesn’t give any change at all–just extra money on the fare card. The other kind is a change machine, but with a twist: if you put in a dollar bill, you get one Susie back instead of the usual four quarters. This is not a good situation, since the basic fare is $1.50 and the turnstiles don’t give change.
