Please explain to me why a new nickel is being created.
I can understand the need for new paper money, as there is a counterfeit market for that, but I can't imagine that anyone makes conterfeit nickels. Can you imagine, setting up a basement mint, for the purpose of getting free...? What can you buy with a nickel these days? The material of a nickel is worth more than a nickel, so I guess if you bought a nickel for a nickel, you would get a good deal.
It's not like the Treasury has to keep things all fresh and exciting. It's money - we're going to use it, no matter what it looks like.
Anissa, the story is coming soon. Really.
Posted by Shokufeh at March 3, 2004 12:38 PMMore than the fact that they ARE issuing a new version of the nickel, it is the content they're displaying. Then again...is it a coincidence they chose money of the value of 5 cent [approximately], when that's about the value of the promises that were given to Native Indians by the governements?
I believe your story will be priceless :)
Posted by: mademoiselle a. at March 4, 2004 11:21 AM