A change for your change
Jamie Mack
Issue date: 4/5/07 Section: Humor
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Recently the first four new dollar coins have been released by the United States Mint. Apparently Sacagawea was not good enough, so they have moved on to put more dead presidents on the faces of the United States currency.
Not only will the new dollar coins be the exact same shape and size of the quarter, they will have the faces of all the presidents, starting with George Washington and continuing in chronological order. Four new coins will be released every year. Not to mention, a 24-karat gold $10 coin series adorned with the faces of the first ladies will be released concurrently.
First, how ridiculous is it that another coin will be circulating that has George Washington on it. And it's the exact same size as a quarter to boot. This is almost as bad as the time I got a fork stuck in the garbage disposal. Come on guys, try to think things through next time.
Now the U.S. Mint must be struggling if not only are they willing to put the face of Richard Nixon on a U.S. emblem, but Hillary Clinton respectively. The quarters for each state was a cute idea I have to admit, but did the guys that make up what goes on the money feel bad for all the long lost presidents that didn't get their faces on something? I mean seriously, there is a reason that Grover Cleveland doesn't show up on the $20 bill (not that he was a bad president, but who really cares about Gover Cleveland?).
Which brings me to my next point, how do they determine who gets to be on what amount of money? If I was Abraham Lincoln, I'd be pissed. Seriously, he abolishes slavery and all he gets is the lousy penny and the five dollar bill. I mean, he was only involved in this little conflict call the Civil War. Let's be honest, Ben Franklin, who isn't even one of our Presidents, gets the $100 bill. Now who did he sleep with in order to pull that off?
The first-spouse coins the face of the coin will be of the significant other and than the reverse side will be a picture in honor of that person's life's work. For example: Martha Washington is shown sewing a button on her husband's army jacket. What will Hillary Clinton's be? Perhaps Monica Lewinsky will get her own coin too.
To be honest I think the U.S. Mint has gone crazy; soon everybody will want their face on a piece of money. It's already bad enough that our dollars look like Monopoly money, but having George W. Bush on the face of a coin is where I draw the line.
Not only will the new dollar coins be the exact same shape and size of the quarter, they will have the faces of all the presidents, starting with George Washington and continuing in chronological order. Four new coins will be released every year. Not to mention, a 24-karat gold $10 coin series adorned with the faces of the first ladies will be released concurrently.
First, how ridiculous is it that another coin will be circulating that has George Washington on it. And it's the exact same size as a quarter to boot. This is almost as bad as the time I got a fork stuck in the garbage disposal. Come on guys, try to think things through next time.
Now the U.S. Mint must be struggling if not only are they willing to put the face of Richard Nixon on a U.S. emblem, but Hillary Clinton respectively. The quarters for each state was a cute idea I have to admit, but did the guys that make up what goes on the money feel bad for all the long lost presidents that didn't get their faces on something? I mean seriously, there is a reason that Grover Cleveland doesn't show up on the $20 bill (not that he was a bad president, but who really cares about Gover Cleveland?).
Which brings me to my next point, how do they determine who gets to be on what amount of money? If I was Abraham Lincoln, I'd be pissed. Seriously, he abolishes slavery and all he gets is the lousy penny and the five dollar bill. I mean, he was only involved in this little conflict call the Civil War. Let's be honest, Ben Franklin, who isn't even one of our Presidents, gets the $100 bill. Now who did he sleep with in order to pull that off?
The first-spouse coins the face of the coin will be of the significant other and than the reverse side will be a picture in honor of that person's life's work. For example: Martha Washington is shown sewing a button on her husband's army jacket. What will Hillary Clinton's be? Perhaps Monica Lewinsky will get her own coin too.
To be honest I think the U.S. Mint has gone crazy; soon everybody will want their face on a piece of money. It's already bad enough that our dollars look like Monopoly money, but having George W. Bush on the face of a coin is where I draw the line.
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