coin knowledge by some laypeople is surprisingly bad

That's one of my favorites ...

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I think this is something everyone should know, I recently spoke with my bosses about rising commodity prices and its effects upon our products and prices. They all admit we will see rises in our products but none as profound as gas, this summer we already expect 4 dollars a gallon at least, and in the next 3 years 5 dollars a gallon. Our slew of gas future buyers seem to think gas will not go down. So, in my efforts to save money, I am buying a 3cyl geo metro. My poor 68 chevy will just have to sit around for the rare days I just want to blow some cash out my exhaust =/.

 

I would be willing to bet a grand that more that 90% of America does not know what the "P" and "D" means on a coin, or have even noticed it.

 

Man...what a pair of MORONS!

 

I interview people all the time for jobs. I'm famous in my company for my seven questions. I would guess that less than 25% of the people can name the second president of the US and probably 10% can solve 2X + 6 = 32. On the other hand, everyone new the #1 golfer in the world (I needed to change the question recently when you know who had a melt down). Ok now, a trick question, who was the last person to grace a circulating coin for the first time?

 

John Adams... I'm gonna guess most say Jefferson.
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JFK... if you aren't counting presidential series dollar coins.

 

Not even close. JFK first showed up on circulating coinage in 1964. Since then we've had Ike in 1971, Susan B. Anthony in 1979, Sacagawea in 2000, and more random people than I can remember on various state quarters.

If we do count the presidential dollars, the latest newcomer to the coinage would be Buchanan, though that'll be changing every several months for a while. If dollar coins aren't "circulating" enough for you, then I think the answer's Duke Ellington on the D.C. quarter?

 

Sometimes you have to. The company that provides natural gas to my area will allow you to pay your bill online.....but they charge a $6 fee to accept your money that way. 44 cents for a stamp, or $6 to pay electronicly.

 

Ahh, good point. I was thinking presidents, and even there, I'd be wrong... Ike would be the answer.

 

See, now that's just the attention to detail that this country needs! :thumb:

 

Well, you are missing out but even if you don't eat one, you can still learn the song!

Ok - well saw in a later post that you're only 24 - that explains the song part at least - oh, to be young and still have brain cells. Mine is filled with TV shows and commercials from the 70's and 80's.

White Castle anyone?

 

Again, I defer to your superior burger knowledge. In my defense, I don't really specialize in the Big Mac series... :bow:

Now, back to :eating:

 

Dang, I said Ronald McDonald. D'OH!

 

I saw that! It was PAINFUL! The girl was like, "No, Roosevelt was on a commemorative!"

 

I wonder if Charles Van Doren would know the answer to that quiz show question.

 

I told my wife the opening post story and she didn't even crack a smile, than I asked her who is on the dime and she said kennedy, America is headed towards a Large Brick wall really fast and does not see it coming at all!!!

 

The silver lining is that ignorance is bliss!

 

You meet people who think that coins were invented by merchants to facilitate trade. Other people think that there was a panic in 1857 that caused a depression. Some think that the War for Independence started on July 4, 1776, when the Declaratoin was signed. You do not have to look too hard to find people who swear that the $20 gold coin designed by Augustus Saint Gaudens is a great work of art, and call it an example of the "Renaissance" in Amercan coinage. Long ago, people believed that the mind resides in the heart; then they believed it can be found in the liver; now they claim that the mind is in the brain -- and that the brain works like a digital computer. Some people will believe anything.

 

I believe it!:yes:

 

Buchanan is correct.