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Re: New US dollar coin design generated using IDL [message #11034 is a reply to message #11033] Thu, 05 March 1998 00:00 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
stephen.gallagher is currently offline  stephen.gallagher
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Registered: March 1998
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In article <1998Mar2.112218.1@eisner>,
BBOWLER@BIGELOW.ORG wrote:
>
> In article <34FAAC33.47280E70@LaRC.NASA.gov>, Joe
<J.M.nospam.Zawodny@LaRC.NASA.gov> writes:
>> Jonathan Boswell wrote:
>>>
>>> D. CARR (dcarr@rmi.net) wrote:
>>> : If you have a spare moment, take a look at :
>>>
>>> : www.rmi.net/~dcarr/dollar.htm
>>>
>>> : If you think that this should be the design of the new coin,
>>> : then I need your help !
>>>
>>> The design is unusually good, and I hope yours flies. But
>>> can you tell us if this new coin is going to be the size of
>>> a quarter, like the loathsome SBA coin? Clearly your design
>>> needs massive real estate for greatest effect.
>>
>> To address several posts at once...
>>
>> The difference between the proof and non-proof coins is the surface
>> finish.
>>
>> The coin will have to be sized the same as the SBA due to the huge
>> investment in vending machine tooling.
>
> Not nessicarily true. Lots of vending machines I've visited flatly reject
> SBA's
>

As far as I understand, the new coin will be the same
size as the SBA, but it will be gold colored so that
it is easily identified. The Canadian "Loonie" is
approximately the same size as an SBA, but is gold
colored. There is no problem in differentiating between
a Loonie and a Canadian Quarter.

S. Gallagher

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