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The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 39, September 26, 2004, Article 25
MORE ON UNWANTED COINS
David Gladfelter writes: "Undoubtedly the Canadian "Loonie"
finds acceptance because it does not have to compete with the
paper dollar as does our "Cagi." The only argument for
retaining our paper dollar is inertia ... same reason the Canadians
have gone metric and we haven't.When riding our local rapid transit I like to change $10 or $15
into dollar coins and then pass them out, one at a time, sort of
like a numismatic Johnny Appleseed. In Prague recently I traded
a Sacagawea dollar for the lovely Czech 10 and 20 korun
millennium commemorative coins. Made my day.The Kennedy half dollar admittedly has <101 uses but here in
timely fashion is one of them. For Halloween treats we get a
few rolls of half dollars and put fright stickers on them. Some
of the kids have never seen this coin before. Others say "Wow,
I got an alien ... I got a Frankenstein ..." etc. No unwanted
candy or fruit to police up off the ground, and no hidden razor
blades or needles for their parents to worry about. Try it in
your neighborhood."- 2004-09-26
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