Article: The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, Joe Blundo column: New dollars make sense if you know presidents.(Column)

Byline: Joe Blundo

Apr. 12--The U.S. Mint is scrambling to resolve problems with its new presidential dollar coins, So To Speak has learned. "We expected the usual flaws -- coins with two heads, missing inscriptions, that sort of thing," said a spokesman who asked to remain fictitious.

"But we're seeing problems we never envisioned." Complications arose in February, soon after the release of the George Washington dollar, first in the series. Instead of spending it, consumers keep trying to throw it across the Potomac River. "It sails about 20 yards, then sinks like a rock," the spokesman said. "We actually had a carp crawl onto the bank and try ...

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