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Mike Hartigan

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Remember the Susan B Anthony and Sacajawea coins? Well the dumb *&)s
did it again. I just got some of the new dollar coins and again they
are almost identical in size to a quarter. Close enough that you have
to look to be sure. Seems to me the idiots were puzzled when people
didn't use the old dollar coins. They didn't listen apparently when
told that the major objection was the size, too close to a quarter.

Ah well, never underestimate the stupidity of beuracracy!

Stupid like a fox! (or something like that) The Mint has become a
profit center by issuing coins that are 'different' than the
traditional penny, nickel, dime, and quarter, thereby creating a
whole new generation of numismatists (I think that's another word for
'coin collectors'). Witness the state quarters, the new nickels, and
the dollars (3x). People are 'buying' these coins and stashing them
away, meaning that the mint can produce them in quantities far
exceeding what they would have produced normally, and pocket the
profit. In the past, anytime the Mint needed a quick budgetary fix,
they simply cranked out a few million $2 bills. Now they're doing it
with coins. It's not unlike the Post Office printing 'collectible'
stamps that will never be used for postage - it's pure profit.

Now, what were you saying about a the stupidity of beuracracy (sic)?