The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 12, March 25, 2007, Article 8

THE WASHINGTON POST ON THE NEW PRESIDENTIAL DOLLAR COINS

"The 1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar coin flopped. The 2000 Sacagawea
dollar coin did little better. Nonetheless, the U.S. Mint in its
infinite wisdom last month launched yet another new dollar coin.

"Sit down in the handsome office of Edmund C. Moy, the director of the
Mint. Ask him to comment on the quote attributed to Albert Einstein:
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting
different results."

"Point out that the future of money is relentlessly shifting away
from physical cash.

"Ask him if he has lost his blooming mind.

"The Congress made me do it, he replies."

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[The Post article goes into the history of money and the ongoing
transition from physical to electronic forms, referencing along the
way a book by cultural anthropologist Jack Weatherford called "The
History of Money."  I hadn't heard of this book before - have any of
our readers seen it?  In the next item I excerpt some information I
found about it online. -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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