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Article: Mint Showcases Bold New Coin; Dollar Gets Makeover With Presidential Faces, Modern Look
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- The Washington Post
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- November 21, 2006
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U.S. Mint Director Edmund C. Moy gave runway treatment yesterday
to a new series of $1 coins bearing the faces of U.S. presidents.
"Having lettering on the edge gives each coin a very modern, kind
of hip and cool look," he said.
"As we search through our coins, these will really stand out."
And: "Americans will know it's in their pocket."
Ka-ching.
For the first time since 1932, the phrases "E pluribus unum" and
"In God We Trust," the year and the mint markings all move to the
edge of the coin, to free up more space on the face of the coin for
the design -- presidential visage on the front, Lady Liberty on