"Wizard of OS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subject: [USMA:22157] Re: Off-SI:New coins-1,5,10,50 cents > Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:01:20 +0200 > From: "Wizard of OS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Your uncle needs a bill redesign too!
Another evolutionary redesign of USA banknotes is due to begin sometime next year. I would also go to Australian style plastic instead of the paper (Mexico just announced that they will be replacing their paper banknotes with plastic notes, starting with their $20 (20 Peso) notes). Further, I would drop our $1 and seldom used $2 notes in favor of coins. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 2:55 PM > Subject: [USMA:22156] Off-SI:New coins-1,5,10,50 cents > > > http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/09/09/coin.design.ap/index.html > > > > Uncle Sam planning new designs for 1,5,10 & 50 cent > > coins. Whatever is decided upon for coin redesign, I would a) drop the 1� and b) change the words: "FIVE CENTS", "ONE DIME", "QUARTER DOLLAR", "HALF DOLLAR" and "ONE DOLLAR" to read "5 CENTS", "10 CENTS", "25 CENTS", "50 CENTS" and "1 DOLLAR", respectively. Unless one can read English _and_ knows what the words mean, our coins are FIENDISHLY difficult to decipher (especially the Dime). -- ___________________________________________ ____ _______________ Regards, | |\ ____ | | | | |\ Michael G. Koerner May they | | | | | | rise again! Appleton, Wisconsin USA | | | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | _______________
