> Why is it, on paper currency the portrait is full
> face, while on coins, it's profile?
Noses stick out in metal.
-- Uncle Al
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Re: the mystery of money
May 07, 2009
11 Replies
Unless your name is Pinocchio. Then it sticks out in wood.
[Sigh] I guess we'll never have Dolly Parton on a coin then.
Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul@Hovnanian.com
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means he uses to frighten you. -- Eric Hoffer
My God...it lives. Did you give up drinking the purple Jesus juice from your test tubes?
The Mad Ape
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How about a Braille Playboy? ;-)
Cheers! Rich
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Didn't they once have a topless lady on the quarter?
Dave Greene
Look for the "Standing Liberty" half-dollar, and try "Walking Liberty" as well.
If you find one, give us a link!
Good Luck! Rich
Yup! Created a rukus then...
Nope.
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Nope. ("Walking Liberty" was originally on a quarter)
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Unless these modern renditions have altered the original designs.
But the historic images avilable online don't appear topless either.
She was just a two-bit-- forget it, the FCC is watching.
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid
Here it is, wardrobe malfunction and all. The 1916-17 Standing Liberty US quater, just like Janet Jackson. Maybe it was to show solidarity with the French during WWI.
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Apparently they put her clothes back on in 1918.
Dave Greene
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