11 Jan
1999
11 Jan
'99
10:28 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn(a)ricochet.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, 11 January 1999 12:28
Subject: Re: Y2K stuff
least
At 12:53 PM 1/9/99 +1030, you wrote:
$2
Are they polymer rather than paper like all ours
are now?
Still paper, but with a few more security features.
>To save money, the govt withdrew all coins below 5c, we now have $1 & coins,
The US could have hundreds of millions of dollars by doing that (at $1 coins) but it has been demonstrated around the world
that the only
way
to do that *successfully* is to pull the bills out of
circulation
immediately as the coins are released.
That is what happened here. No notes < $5.
The $1 & $2 coins are a brass composite, and are gold in color. Quite
distinctive.
Cheers
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Marks College
Port Pirie South Australia.
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