I’m just hoping that I’m not going to read in the Washington Post that we paid some consulting firm $11,769,999.00 to determine the perfect coin for the American public and still ended up with this.
Oh, I’m gonna keep using these #%@&* codes 'til I get 'em right.
I still haven’t seen any of those Sackies.
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Me neither, but I have run across a couple of Susan B’s. I’ve also come up with a handful of wheat pennies in the last 5 years. smile
Just how did you go from “States’ rights was the primary issue” to “Slavery had nothing to do with it”?
BTW, is anyone going to post a link to Cecil’s column?
Back to the original question: Could it be that someone made the Susie B eleven sided, just because they thought nobody ever used 11 before and wanted to be different?
Did you know they were still minting Suzies last year? I rode the Metrolink train Saturday and the ticket machine gave me five Suzies in cahnge. All of them were dated 1999.
When all else fails, ask Cecil.
At last! A link to the column in question: www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_252.html
When all else fails, ask Cecil.
And Kennedy Half Dollars are still being minted this year.
My understanding of it is: spelled twonie, pronounced toonie. And a loonie is spelled loonie.
Are you sure you’re reading that right? As far as I know, all SBAs were minted in 1979. I’m practically positive that there haven’t been any new ones since then.
greg said
SBAs were minted in 1979, 1980, 1981 (but the 81s were never put into circulation). And they did make 1999s late last year.
Why? I presume by late last year the plan was in works to release the new Sacky. If so, why mint new Susie’s when they know they are just going to be replaced soon anyway? The whole point was the Susie’s weren’t effective, so why make new ones that nobody wants to use?
Irishman - that’s called. “Government in action.”
I have seen a SBA in ages, I didn’t know I just go to Washington DC and get them from the Metro.
You just never know.
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jab1 said
jois said
jab posts from LA, I believe. But the main thrust of the message is true. In many urban areas with metro rail systems, the SBA has finally found a home. Those of us who live outside of a major metro area might live forever without seeing a SBA.
Actually, you don’t have to live by a subway to get SBA’s; what you really need is a post office. The stamp machines give SBA’s as change.
According to the Mint (www.usmint.gov), sackies were given the same size and weight in order to minimize retrofitting. Take a look at the photographs, they really do look beautiful. N.b. the smooth, flat, raised edge.
I certainly do. (Check my profile.) Here’s the link to the Southern California Metrolink: www.metrolinktrains.com (It doesn’t say anything about Suzies.)
I still have four Suzies in my pocket and each one of them most definitely has “1999” below Ms. Anthony’s profile.
When all else fails, ask Cecil.
I certainly do. (Check my profile.) Here’s the link to the Southern California Metrolink: www.metrolinktrains.com (It doesn’t say anything about Suzies.)
I still have four Suzies in my pocket and each one of them most definitely has “1999” below Ms. Anthony’s profile.
When all else fails, ask Cecil.
Loonie/Loony, Tooney/Twonie/Toonie, Lets call the whole thing off!
Since these are nicknames, I doubt that any case can really be made for ANY spelling to be “correct”.
Although the Royal Canadian Mint http://www.rcmint.ca/products/en/Main.cfm?Area=Products&Section_Id=2
admits the popular use of the term “loonie”, they insist the correct names are “one dollar coin” and “two dollar coin”.
But I never figured that the Mint was especially accepting of nicknames. They still insist that the “penny”, “nickel”, “dime” and “quarter” are the “one cent coin”, “five cent coin”, “ten cent coin” and “twenty-five cent coin” respectively.
Kinda takes some of the romance out of things, though: “Buddy, can you spare a ten cent coin” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
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