Hoofin

Fri, 07 Nov 2003 03:33:14 -0500

Well, my two cents on this is that Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase now has the bigger edge on our money than Washington and the founding of the Republic. Jefferson Administration: 1. the nickel 2. the two-dollar bill 3. Sacajawea dollar Washington Administration: 1. quarter 2. dollar bill honorable mention: The New Jersey quarter has Washington on both sides (obverse and reverse). That's not the only coin to do that. There's one other with the same person shown on the back and front. It would really be news if they started phasing in a useable $1 coin and a $5 coin. Coinage had ten times the purchasing power at the end of World War II than it does today. Our grandparents generation got along fine carrying around money with the minimum power of today's dime, and the highest (regularly used) coin, $2.50. We have the coinage of a banana republic.

Gothamist: Nickel and Nickeled

Hoofin