crawford
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Post by crawford on Apr 21, 2016 9:21:15 GMT -8
Next get rid of George Washington's picture and name. He owned slaves. Then Lincoln, he though blacks were an inferior race. Yeah...I'm not going that hard. George and Abe are still pretty good in my book. Maybe not perfect, but certainly worth honoring.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2016 10:04:40 GMT -8
Next get rid of George Washington's picture and name. He owned slaves. Then Lincoln, he though blacks were an inferior race. Yeah...I'm not going that hard. George and Abe are still pretty good in my book. Maybe not perfect, but certainly worth honoring. It's pretty much a question of redeeming value in the public perception. People weigh the disreputable aspects of character against the favorable and find that Washington and Lincoln retain more value than Andrew Jackson. Of course we could cease to put any human image on currency and resort to images of nature or wildlife. How about a wolverine on the $50 bill and a wolf on the $20 bill. I'm sure we could find a place for elk and deer, regardless of how many farmers' trees they pruned in an ecosystem beyond carrying capacity. Public perception is far from perfect — as are all humans.
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Post by Coolkat on Apr 21, 2016 10:59:13 GMT -8
Of course we could cease to put any human image on currency and resort to images of nature or wildlife. How about a wolverine on the $50 bill and a wolf on the $20 bill. I'm sure we could find a place for elk and deer, regardless of how many farmers' trees they pruned in an ecosystem beyond carrying capacity. Not sure if you were trying to be funny or facetious but that is an idea I could actually support. Other animals could the Bison.. $100 bill? The otter, bald eagle. Too many good animals and not enough paper currency lol
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Post by amaruq on Apr 21, 2016 11:17:09 GMT -8
And why not put a spider on the $1 bill. A truly unique proposition. We've already been through that awkward animal phase: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_Canada_(banknotes)And I thought the Mounties were going to arrest me when they found some Canadian pennies in my possession. If that's the case, the boxes of pennies that I have yet to roll will land me a life sentence.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2016 12:09:48 GMT -8
Of course we could cease to put any human image on currency and resort to images of nature or wildlife. . . . Not sure if you were trying to be funny or facetious but that is an idea I could actually support. . . . I wasn't trying to be funny or facetious. It makes sense to me.
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Post by reuben on Apr 21, 2016 12:48:58 GMT -8
Eh. Guess what? People are human (duh). We all make mistakes, some major and some minor, and sometimes depending on the era in which we live and what we're taught is "right".
I don't know about the rest of you, but I live in a glass house.
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on Apr 21, 2016 14:03:56 GMT -8
Can't we just get rid of cash now?
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Post by Lonewolf on Apr 21, 2016 14:32:40 GMT -8
US money, after all its iterations, is still ugly. We need animals and scenery and lots of color.
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Post by hikerjer on Apr 21, 2016 17:22:50 GMT -8
Ah, I remember the old days of the silver dollar. Man, when you had a few of those in your pocket you really thought you had some money on you.
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Post by Lonewolf on Apr 21, 2016 17:46:28 GMT -8
Maybe a $1 coin? And a $2 coin? Loonies and Toonies? Because the US $1 bill wasn't retired, the few $1 coins have failed. How many know why the $1 bill wasn't retired when the first $1 coin was introduced??
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Post by zeke on Apr 21, 2016 17:58:08 GMT -8
After reading this thread, I have researched the idea of $1 bill vs $1 coin. Turns out the bills last 70 months, nearly 6 years, and cost 5¢ to make. The coins last 30 years and cost 33¢ to make. So, bills are actually cheaper now, in the long run, and there is no Millions of $ cost to industry to swap over to the coin.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2016 19:52:44 GMT -8
I have several Sacajawea dollar coins on my desk right now. Like the Susan B. Anthony dollar coins 20 years before, I anticipated that they would not be well received, so I kept a few. But I hang onto them not for their value so much as for their novelty. Half the people behind a cash register probably would not even recognize them these days.
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Post by Lonewolf on Apr 22, 2016 3:11:19 GMT -8
Half the people behind a cash register probably would not even recognize them these days When $2 bills were first issued, I picked up 2 sealed bank packs of 50 each in consecutive serial number order and gave them to my brother. He still has them and they're actually worth more than $2 now. By about 3¢... I'll sometimes get coins and $2 bills and use them when I'm feeling a bit "peckish" just to irritate younger people. I've been told many times "that's not real money". One girl even called the cops to tell them I was trying to pass counterfeit money. My brother is into coins and told me why the $1 bill wasn't removed. Paper bills are issued by the treasury and coins by the mint, 2 completely different government departments. Any further explanation needed?
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Post by amaruq on Apr 22, 2016 3:58:57 GMT -8
Free enterprise and capitalism run so deep in the US identity, they even have competing government-issued currencies! In times of civil peace no less.
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Post by zeke on Apr 22, 2016 5:41:20 GMT -8
Both the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (the folks who print the bills) and the US Mint fall under the Dept of Treasury as of the Coinage Act of 1873 and then placed under the Treasurer of the US in 1981. May be separate divisions within the one Dept, but fall under the auspices of one Cabinet member.
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