
Makes people flip (out)?
Some changes are not at all appreciated by everyone. When the US Mint tried to replace the 1-dollar bill once and for all, it all ended in fiasco. First, they were unable to manufacture the coin in its original 11-sided(!) design, but the big problem occurred when they chose women's suffrage campaigner Susan B. Anthony for the front. The coin was referred to a a Carter Quarter and many places simply denied to accept it as legal tender. This led to one of the shortest mint run in US history, being struck only 1979-1981. However, when the US Postal Service filed a complaint that they were running low on dollar coins, the mint issued the coin again in 1999. From 2000, the dollar coin has been the golden one depicting Sacagawea and her son. The question was correctly answered by 19 % of the solvers and was worth 25 points. Correct answer: o
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