Post by: The Rabbi on May 17, 2007, 05:23:52 PM
Here's the Peace dollar from the 20s:
Which one looks like currency and which one like tokens for Roy's House of Thrills?
Post by: glockfan.45 on May 17, 2007, 06:18:59 PM
. I do like the design of the old coins much better however.
Post by: roo_ster on May 17, 2007, 06:21:52 PM
Good Gooberment types are always pimping a dollar coin, but the rest of us disdain them. I need more change like I need a hole in the head.
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 17, 2007, 06:55:30 PM
Post by: MattC on May 17, 2007, 07:52:40 PM
And Rabbi is absolutely right about the game token appearance. It's mainly the $1 stamp rather than spelling it out.
Something I noticed right away was the lack of "In God We Trust" and "E Pluribus Unum" in the pictures. I did a little Google search and it turns out that both of these will be printed on the rim of the coin instead.
Post by: meinbruder on May 17, 2007, 08:38:49 PM
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Post by: K Frame on May 18, 2007, 03:05:44 AM
Post by: Manedwolf on May 18, 2007, 03:08:48 AM
At least they put an American citizen on the dollar coin this time, rather than Sacajewia.
I do hope that was sarcasm, being that her people were here first and all...
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 18, 2007, 03:12:59 AM
Post by: The Rabbi on May 18, 2007, 04:06:04 AM
"IN GOD WE TRVST" . I do like the design of the old coins much better however.
. I do like the design of the old coins much better however.Yeah, the archaizing tendency was to substitute v for u, just like the Romans did. It was classy.
Post by: HankB on May 18, 2007, 04:28:48 AM
Post by: Creeping Incrementalism on May 18, 2007, 04:31:03 AM
Every dollar coin the government comes out with is fated to fail until Congress has the testicular fortitude to eliminate the worthless dollar bill.
Personally, I would like to see the trend go the other way. Make paper notes for sub-dollar amounts.
Post by: Art Eatman on May 18, 2007, 05:11:57 AM
Sacajawea? Hey, she was here first, wasn't she? Me, I'd figure her citizenship was a given! Lewis and Clark were illegal immigrants. The advance guard of a pack of thieves.
But I prefer the sculpture of the Morgan dollar to the Peace dollar.
I grew up with real silver money, and half-dollars were in regular circulation. Silver dollars, not so much. Silver dollars were heavy on one's pocket lining. Made holes.
Now that our socialist policies have pretty much wiped out the buying power, I don't see the point of a dollar coin, other than some sort of unworldly view of the world of money...
Art
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 18, 2007, 05:33:47 AM
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Sacajawea? Hey, she was here first, wasn't she? Me, I'd figure her citizenship was a given! Lewis and Clark were illegal immigrants.
No, they were not illegal immigrants. They were emissaries of the U.S. govt, and stopped to treat with the various tribes or nations they encountered. At best, the other European powers might have protested their presence on land they claimed as their own. If the expedition broke any native "laws," it would be interesting to learn of them, and why they were granted "amnesty" by the native leaders which they encountered.
Post by: doczinn on May 18, 2007, 05:52:37 AM
Post by: Sindawe on May 18, 2007, 06:08:55 AM
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Something I noticed right away was the lack of "In God We Trust" and "E Pluribus Unum" in the pictures. I did a little Google search and it turns out that both of these will be printed on the rim of the coin instead.
Of course such phrases are stamped on the rim. It is a symbolic way of marginalizing basic American ideals.
As others have noted, it looks like a game token. Also reminds me of some of the Euro coins I've seen.
Post by: K Frame on May 18, 2007, 06:39:04 AM
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Something I noticed right away was the lack of "In God We Trust" and "E Pluribus Unum" in the pictures. I did a little Google search and it turns out that both of these will be printed on the rim of the coin instead.
Of course such phrases are stamped on the rim. It is a symbolic way of marginalizing basic American ideals.
As others have noted, it looks like a game token. Also reminds me of some of the Euro coins I've seen.
Uhm.... Yeah.
Whatever.
Post by: HankB on May 18, 2007, 08:32:07 AM
I grew up with real silver money, and half-dollars were in regular circulation.
Art, are you SURE the coins you grew up with were dollars? I thought in your day they might've been denarii . . . 
Post by: lee n. field on May 18, 2007, 01:57:09 PM
More dead presidents. Bah!
Post by: Matthew Carberry on May 18, 2007, 04:08:07 PM
two words: not garter friendly
If you aren't on the meatrack and toss one up on stage when she zigs instead of zags?
-bang- somebody's got a chipped tooth.
Spike heel comes down on top of one during a pivot? Acrylic stage, oil, little metal disk? That's a recipe for a twisted ankle or worse.
Won't someone think of the strippers?
Post by: K Frame on May 18, 2007, 04:33:42 PM
She should stay on the pole where she damned well belongs...
Post by: Matthew Carberry on May 18, 2007, 04:41:09 PM
"Spike heel comes down on top of one during a pivot?"
She should stay on the pole where she damned well belongs...
She should stay on the pole where she damned well belongs...
There's far more to the art than just the pole dancing Mike.
There's the perfunctory dance steps completed by the reverse naked toe touch and the meatrack crawl with complementary bosom face massage for a couple examples.
Which leads to another coin-related problem. Knee bruising.
Post by: Firethorn on May 18, 2007, 09:43:29 PM
Personally, I'd eliminate the penny, substitute the dollar coin, then re-release the $2 bill.
I figure that I've just eliminated about 50% of the paper in people's wallets as well as chopped change in pockets by 5-10%.
Post by: K Frame on May 19, 2007, 04:00:18 AM
Art is what one makes of it, how one views it.
Charlize Theoron twiring on the pole? Art.
Paris Hilton twirling on the pole? Obscene.
You twirling on the pole? The end of the world as we know it.
Get off the stage, you hump!
Post by: natedog on May 19, 2007, 09:29:38 AM
Post by: roo_ster on May 19, 2007, 11:47:31 AM
At least they put an American citizen on the dollar coin this time, rather than Sacajewia.
I do hope that was sarcasm, being that her people were here first and all...
2. Sacajewia was never an American citizen and the likelihood that she considered herself an American (or even had a grasp on the concept) is unlikely.
3. There are non-American citizens I would have no trouble gracing our dollar coins. Lafayette, for example.
Post by: Matthew Carberry on May 19, 2007, 12:24:12 PM
3. There are non-American citizens I would have no trouble gracing our dollar coins. Lafayette, for example.
I nominate Shakira. But I want her on a bill, in full color, lengthwise.
Post by: doczinn on May 19, 2007, 01:48:14 PM
Post by: Matthew Carberry on May 19, 2007, 02:27:53 PM
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Post by: The Rabbi on May 19, 2007, 05:21:10 PM
Post by: crt360 on May 19, 2007, 06:35:17 PM
3. There are non-American citizens I would have no trouble gracing our dollar coins. Lafayette, for example.
I nominate Shakira. But I want her on a bill, in full color, lengthwise.
I'd like to see her on a coin - both the heads and "tails" side.
Post by: Lee on May 20, 2007, 05:21:45 PM
I also like the idea of tipping "dancers" with them...unfortunately, they usually aren't thrilled about the idea. Garter my butt.
Post by: Phaetos on May 20, 2007, 08:11:26 PM
Why they won't catch on?
two words: not garter friendly
If you aren't on the meatrack and toss one up on stage when she zigs instead of zags?
-bang- somebody's got a chipped tooth.
Spike heel comes down on top of one during a pivot? Acrylic stage, oil, little metal disk? That's a recipe for a twisted ankle or worse.
Won't someone think of the strippers?
two words: not garter friendly
If you aren't on the meatrack and toss one up on stage when she zigs instead of zags?
-bang- somebody's got a chipped tooth.
Spike heel comes down on top of one during a pivot? Acrylic stage, oil, little metal disk? That's a recipe for a twisted ankle or worse.
Won't someone think of the strippers?
I thought of the strippers once when I had a pocketful of those coins. I gave them as tips
Course the girl knew me in real life and took it for the joke that it was.... considering she worked at a bank during the day.
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 21, 2007, 06:24:04 AM
Post by: Matthew Carberry on May 21, 2007, 07:56:04 AM
Post by: roo_ster on May 22, 2007, 03:52:32 AM
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 22, 2007, 05:12:29 AM
Post by: K Frame on May 22, 2007, 05:40:37 AM
Scapegoat kidneys, eh? Why won't you guys leave my kidneys alone?
Because they're good with fava beans and a nice chianti...
Post by: Art Eatman on May 22, 2007, 03:39:39 PM
As long as there is a concept of "money" as a medium of exchange, there will be intrinsic value.Scapegoat, check this out: http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/brinkley.html And/or do a Google for "goat gland doctor". It's a hoot.
Art
Post by: zahc on May 22, 2007, 07:08:10 PM
Post by: Matthew Carberry on May 22, 2007, 07:19:05 PM
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...along with being completely unpowered.
Up until this point I thought you were repeating what I'd heard about the F4 Phantom.
Post by: doczinn on May 22, 2007, 07:21:13 PM
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 22, 2007, 07:50:58 PM
It took that long for someone to make the obvious joke???
I'd been planning on it for quite some time, but it just never happened.
Post by: zahc on May 22, 2007, 09:18:32 PM
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It took that long for someone to make the obvious joke???
It's a tough job but...
Post by: Gewehr98 on May 23, 2007, 06:34:31 AM
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I thought of the strippers once when I had a pocketful of those coins. I gave them as tips
I keep thinking about a certain adult show in Okinawa, with a stack of coins on top of a bottle on the stage...
She got to keep the coins, I didn't want them back.
