Does anyone find this ironic?

elvendreamgirl

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31 Oct 04

elvendreamgirl

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31 Oct 04

....that we Americans slaughtered the native Americans to the point of near extinction and then put their faces on our coins?

RBHILL

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31 Oct 04

Originally posted by elvendreamgirl
....that we Americans slaughtered the native Americans to the point of near extinction and then put their faces on our coins?

I am surprised that we don't have Martin Luther King on a coin.

stammer

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31 Oct 04

I have questions as to whether any new figures will be added to coins. Any new bill created probably won't have any impact, as its value would be too high for real use. And replacing any current featured member would result in dealing with the backlash of dememorializing said person.

kirksey957

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31 Oct 04

Originally posted by elvendreamgirl
....that we Americans slaughtered the native Americans to the point of near extinction and then put their faces on our coins?

Yes, but now redman have casino for whiteman to come lose money and get drunk with fire water. Now who laughs last?

trekkie

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31 Oct 04

Well the British invaded, slaughtered, brought disease, and generally wrecked the joint here for the Koori people.

All in the name of 'exploration and bringing civilisation to the savages'. The fact that they could dumo there poorly treated convicts was an added bonus. They totally whipped out all aboriginals from tasmania. Took remains and artefacts back to Britian and and totally refused to give back what they stole for over 200 years.

Nyxie

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31 Oct 04

Originally posted by stammer
I have questions as to whether any new figures will be added to coins. Any new bill created probably won't have any impact, as its value would be too high for real use. And replacing any current featured member would result in dealing with the backlash of dememorializing said person.

I predict we will see Reagan on a coin. Maybe the half dollar, that's always changing.

Nyxie

KneverKnight

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31 Oct 04

Maybe we wiped out the people in EDG's other thread too.

rwingett

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31 Oct 04

Originally posted by elvendreamgirl
....that we Americans slaughtered the native Americans to the point of near extinction and then put their faces on our coins?

Indians have not been on our coins in a long time. The last change to occur to US coins (except for the state quarters) was in 1945.

elvendreamgirl

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31 Oct 04

Originally posted by KneverKnight
Maybe we wiped out the people in EDG's other thread too.

the hobbits?
well, could be we wiped out the elvish folk as well.

elvendreamgirl

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31 Oct 04

Originally posted by rwingett
Indians have not been on our coins in a long time. The last change to occur to US coins (except for the state quarters) was in 1945.

what about the Kennedy half dollars?

Nyxie

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31 Oct 04

Originally posted by elvendreamgirl
what about the Kennedy half dollars?

That was my point too, thank you.

~~chancremechanic~~

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31 Oct 04

Originally posted by rwingett
Indians have not been on our coins in a long time. The last change to occur to US coins (except for the state quarters) was in 1945.

Sacagawea (sic?), the Indian woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark, I think, is on the dollar coin, no?

rwingett

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31 Oct 04

Originally posted by chancremechanic
Sacagawea (sic?), the Indian woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark, I think, is on the dollar coin, no?

Oh yeah. She's an Indian, isn't she? Well, I'm a little behind the times on US currency trends. Just ignore me.

elvendreamgirl

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31 Oct 04

Originally posted by chancremechanic
Sacagawea (sic?), the Indian woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark, I think, is on the dollar coin, no?

Duh! How could I forget her? AND Susan B. Anthony???

flexmore

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Chesstralia

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31 Oct 04

Originally posted by elvendreamgirl
....that we Americans slaughtered the native Americans to the point of near extinction and then put their faces on our coins?

if you can convince the iraqis to kill saddam hussein then maybe he will be on a coin!

- and of course there is osama .... if you can find that needle in a haystack.