James Taranto runs an incisive criticism of the new
George Washington dollar coins. It's his last item in
today's column (under the title
Plus Ça Change):
No doubt you, like us, have had a conversation like this with a cashier or bartender:
"That'll be $4."
"Here you go."
"I said four dollars. This is four quarters."
"Those are dollars. See, they have Sacagawea on them."
"Sack-a what?"
But everyone recognizes George Washington. Now that his face is on the dollar, there's no way anyone will mix it up with the quarter.
Perhaps the U.S. Minters need to visit fewer coin-collecting conventions and more dive bars. Also, is it just me, or does
John Adams look like a well-to-do Portuguese fishmonger on his coin?
1 comment:
Barnzo -
The only one is Pakistan. Iran is hoping to get them soon.
In the whole world, the only countries with nukes are the USA, Russia, England, France, China (the UN "P5"), and now also Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea.
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