I’m leaning more in the direction that they are complete idiots. They probably aren’t smart enough to get a conspiracy going on their own.
heh
electnixon - 06:03am on 03/08/2007
Apparently there’s a internet conspiracy theory going around that the government intentionally took the motto off of the coins because they hate religion.
I lean towards “it doesn’t really matter” and the folks at Treasury probably paid it the attention they thought it deserved. Right or wrong, the presence of a slogan on a coin is inconsequential unless someone, somewhere has started counterfeiting dollar coins. Which I put at about a .0001% chance of happening.
I would also be curious how much of this process is automated and what process would actually drive them to take notice of the missing slogan. I work in an industry driven by processes and the ones with inconsequential outcomes ? They get ignored or missed until they are recognized as inconsequential and eliminated.
Sherard - 01:03pm on 03/08/2007
I’m pretty sure they were “leaked” to create a faster market for coin collectors. If you get them on board, they’ll fuel the desire for mainstream American to accept dollar coins.
Fiu's Rob B. - 01:03pm on 03/08/2007
Rob B. I got this from Fark, in the comments somebody postulated that this would get the public to welcome the coins because they just might get one without the slogan.
I doubt that it’s intentional but it’s likely to have that effect.
The Whistler - 02:03pm on 03/08/2007
I just remember when I was in highschool, I’d work coin shows with a friend of mine. One of the things that always got coin or stamp collectors was when you could get a rare “flawed” coin or stamp. It was like a built in collectors item to have a misprint.
I wouldn’t be suprised if they did the same thing here. Considering the desire of some people to not have “In God We Trust” on the coins you’d have a built in consumer base and an added collector status.
or it could have just been a screwup
Fiu's Rob B. - 02:03pm on 03/08/2007
or it could have just been a screwup
I still think that they are not that smart.
The Whistler - 02:03pm on 03/08/2007
They are not that smart. A dollar coin, the exact same deminsions as a quarter? How many times has this failed? Incompetent is an understatement.
2Hotel9 - 04:03pm on 03/08/2007
The point here is that they minted up 300 million dollars worth of coins nobody wanted, nobody needs, and—hey Look! Some of them are misprinted!
SO collectors quickly buy up the 300 million, and most of them never see any sort of circulation—because they have the same problem the Susie B dollar had—they look and act too much like a quarter. Isn’t that why they invented the Sacagawea dollar—which nobody wants to use either?
It’s a scam friends. An easy way for the government to make huge profit printing up coins nobody wants, and nobody will use, but every one of which will be purchased and then stored in a box in the closet.
heh
I lean towards “it doesn’t really matter” and the folks at Treasury probably paid it the attention they thought it deserved. Right or wrong, the presence of a slogan on a coin is inconsequential unless someone, somewhere has started counterfeiting dollar coins. Which I put at about a .0001% chance of happening.
I would also be curious how much of this process is automated and what process would actually drive them to take notice of the missing slogan. I work in an industry driven by processes and the ones with inconsequential outcomes ? They get ignored or missed until they are recognized as inconsequential and eliminated.
I’m pretty sure they were “leaked” to create a faster market for coin collectors. If you get them on board, they’ll fuel the desire for mainstream American to accept dollar coins.
Rob B. I got this from Fark, in the comments somebody postulated that this would get the public to welcome the coins because they just might get one without the slogan.
I doubt that it’s intentional but it’s likely to have that effect.
I just remember when I was in highschool, I’d work coin shows with a friend of mine. One of the things that always got coin or stamp collectors was when you could get a rare “flawed” coin or stamp. It was like a built in collectors item to have a misprint.
I wouldn’t be suprised if they did the same thing here. Considering the desire of some people to not have “In God We Trust” on the coins you’d have a built in consumer base and an added collector status.
or it could have just been a screwup
I still think that they are not that smart.
They are not that smart. A dollar coin, the exact same deminsions as a quarter? How many times has this failed? Incompetent is an understatement.
The point here is that they minted up 300 million dollars worth of coins nobody wanted, nobody needs, and—hey Look! Some of them are misprinted!
SO collectors quickly buy up the 300 million, and most of them never see any sort of circulation—because they have the same problem the Susie B dollar had—they look and act too much like a quarter. Isn’t that why they invented the Sacagawea dollar—which nobody wants to use either?
It’s a scam friends. An easy way for the government to make huge profit printing up coins nobody wants, and nobody will use, but every one of which will be purchased and then stored in a box in the closet.
At least the Pet Rock was cute…