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Re: of course, why would we expect our coins to be...
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Cuyler Page <[log in to unmask]>
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His reply: “No. Have you read The Lazy Teenager by Virtual Reality?”" <[log in to unmask]>
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Regardless, I'm curious when we will be
> able to make coinage with any image that we want to provide.
>
> ][<en


It will be hard to top the Canadian Mint for originality.   When they 
invented the $2 coin, they put a polar bear on the back side and the Queen 
on the face side.   It is now referred to as "The Queen with the bear 
behind."

Better told than written, but wonderfully Canadian.


cp in bc

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