Date:         Sat, 28 Jun 2003 04:57:07 -0500
Reply-To:     Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
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From:         Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Subject:      Re: Friday - Recall
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Damn!!! And I thought it was because the Texas mint had gotten the head and
the tail on the wrong side!!!

dm&fs

At 10:54 PM 6/27/2003 -0700, Stan Wilder wrote:
>TEXAS  QUARTER  RECALL
>
>The United States Treasury has announced it is recalling ALL the new
>Texas quarters.
>
>"We are recalling all of the new Texas quarters that were recently
>issued," Treasury Undersecretary Russell Shackelford said in a
>press conference Monday.
>
>"This comes in the wake of numerous reports to this agency that
>the quarters will not work in parking meters, toll booths, vending
>machines, pay phones and other coin operated devices.
>
>We believe the problem lies in a design flaw," said Shackelford.
>"The winning design for the Texas quarter was submitted by
>Texas A&M student William Doutrieux.  Apparently, the duct
>tape holding the two dimes and nickel together keeps jamming
>the coin operated devices."
>
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