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From: The Chief Instigator on 5 Aug 2010 20:11
On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:46:39 -0700, Bob Casanova <nospam(a)buzz.off> wrote:
> On 05 Aug 2010 05:43:25 GMT, the following appeared in
> sci.skeptic, posted by The Chief Instigator
><patrick(a)io.com>:
>
>>On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 00:40:47 -0700 (PDT), Autymn D. C. <lysdexia(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> What denomination is Daniel Min, if any?
>>
>>No telling, but back when he got going, he was somewhere in the Rockies, but
>>I could agree with another respondent's concise estimation: $3, even though
>>that might be a bit overpriced. ;)
>
> Well, yeah, but I was actually thinking of the well-known quotation about
> "$3 bills".

Actually, the Republic of Texas used those in its decade of existence, but
they've been worthless for 165 years, so far.

--
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From: rob on 9 Aug 2010 01:50
On Aug 5, 10:46 am, Bob Casanova <nos...(a)buzz.off> wrote:
> .....................................................................................
> Well, yeah, but I was actually thinking of the well-known
> quotation about "$3 bills".
...............................................................................................
Maybe gotta be real old? Hell, I got it instantly! lol

From: Prai Jei on 9 Aug 2010 16:22
Morten Reistad set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time
continuum:

> In article <enrg565ee9g9ijrqgd22rdh1qi41lbgka2(a)4ax.com>,
> Bob Casanova <nospam(a)buzz.off> wrote:
>>On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 04:33:45 +0000 (UTC), the following
>>appeared in sci.skeptic, posted by Anonymous
>><nobody(a)remailer.paranoici.org>:
>>
>>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>
>>Hi, Danny.
>>
>><snip Miniocy>
>>
>>>Friday December 21st, 2012 anno Domini is 870 days away & counting.
>>
>>Uh-huh. And when we're all still here on 22 Dec 2012 how do
>>you intend to spin the fact?
>
> The Mayan calendar goes from 12.20.20.18.20 to 13.1.1.1.1 on
> that date. Except as a reason to have a swell party to rival
> y2k, it is nothing special. Except it happens rarely, the last
> time was around AD 1600. All the more reason to have a party for
> the Mayans; a people that deserve a celebration.
>
> The calendar does not end. It even has provisions for the
> date after 20.20.20.18.20, which will be 2.1.1.1.1.1.

Not 1.1.1.1.1.1?

The date to worry about is 19 January 2038 when the count of seconds since
the start of January 1970 (the beginning of time in *x systems) overflows
the signed 32-bit integer. Unlike the Mayan calendar, there is no higher
significant bit available.
--
ξ:) Proud to be curly

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From: Puppet_Sock on 10 Aug 2010 09:45
On Aug 5, 8:11 pm, The Chief Instigator <patr...(a)io.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:46:39 -0700, Bob Casanova <nos...(a)buzz.off> wrote:
> > On 05 Aug 2010 05:43:25 GMT, the following appeared in
> > sci.skeptic, posted by The Chief Instigator
> ><patr...(a)io.com>:
>
> >>On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 00:40:47 -0700 (PDT), Autymn D. C. <lysde...(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>> What denomination is Daniel Min, if any?
>
> >>No telling, but back when he got going, he was somewhere in the Rockies, but
> >>I could agree with another respondent's concise estimation:  $3, even though
> >>that might be a bit overpriced. ;)
>
> > Well, yeah, but I was actually thinking of the well-known quotation about
> > "$3 bills".
>
> Actually, the Republic of Texas used those in its decade of existence, but
> they've been worthless for 165 years, so far.

They have some value as collectors items.

http://www.crutchwilliams.com/RepublicOfTexas.htm

Socks
From: Androcles on 10 Aug 2010 12:41

"Puppet_Sock" <puppet_sock(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:b857c068-2bdf-4f53-a56c-ca19ccaea3e9(a)p7g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 5, 8:11 pm, The Chief Instigator <patr...(a)io.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:46:39 -0700, Bob Casanova <nos...(a)buzz.off> wrote:
> > On 05 Aug 2010 05:43:25 GMT, the following appeared in
> > sci.skeptic, posted by The Chief Instigator
> ><patr...(a)io.com>:
>
> >>On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 00:40:47 -0700 (PDT), Autymn D. C.
> >><lysde...(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>> What denomination is Daniel Min, if any?
>
> >>No telling, but back when he got going, he was somewhere in the Rockies,
> >>but
> >>I could agree with another respondent's concise estimation: $3, even
> >>though
> >>that might be a bit overpriced. ;)
>
> > Well, yeah, but I was actually thinking of the well-known quotation
> > about
> > "$3 bills".
>
> Actually, the Republic of Texas used those in its decade of existence, but
> they've been worthless for 165 years, so far.

They have some value as collectors items.

http://www.crutchwilliams.com/RepublicOfTexas.htm

============================================
That $20 bill with the 10% compound interest issued in 1839
http://www.crutchwilliams.com/RoTx/PriceList/H19_2184o.jpg
is today worth
$239,430,326.50


The �50 bill is worth 2.5 times as much.

$598,575,816.20


1839 $20.00
1840 $22.00
1841 $24.20
1842 $26.62
1843 $29.28
1844 $32.21
1845 $35.43
1846 $38.97
1847 $42.87
1848 $47.16
1849 $51.87
1850 $57.06
1851 $62.77
1852 $69.05
1853 $75.95
1854 $83.54
1855 $91.90
1856 $101.09
1857 $111.20
1858 $122.32
1859 $134.55
1860 $148.00
1861 $162.81
1862 $179.09
1863 $196.99
1864 $216.69
1865 $238.36
1866 $262.20
1867 $288.42
1868 $317.26
1869 $348.99
1870 $383.89
1871 $422.28
1872 $464.50
1873 $510.95
1874 $562.05
1875 $618.25
1876 $680.08
1877 $748.09
1878 $822.90
1879 $905.19
1880 $995.70
1881 $1,095.27
1882 $1,204.80
1883 $1,325.28
1884 $1,457.81
1885 $1,603.59
1886 $1,763.95
1887 $1,940.34
1888 $2,134.38
1889 $2,347.82
1890 $2,582.60
1891 $2,840.86
1892 $3,124.94
1893 $3,437.44
1894 $3,781.18
1895 $4,159.30
1896 $4,575.23
1897 $5,032.75
1898 $5,536.03
1899 $6,089.63
1900 $6,698.60
1901 $7,368.46
1902 $8,105.30
1903 $8,915.83
1904 $9,807.41
1905 $10,788.16
1906 $11,866.97
1907 $13,053.67
1908 $14,359.04
1909 $15,794.94
1910 $17,374.43
1911 $19,111.88
1912 $21,023.06
1913 $23,125.37
1914 $25,437.91
1915 $27,981.70
1916 $30,779.87
1917 $33,857.85
1918 $37,243.64
1919 $40,968.00
1920 $45,064.80
1921 $49,571.29
1922 $54,528.41
1923 $59,981.26
1924 $65,979.38
1925 $72,577.32
1926 $79,835.05
1927 $87,818.56
1928 $96,600.41
1929 $106,260.45
1930 $116,886.50
1931 $128,575.15
1932 $141,432.66
1933 $155,575.93
1934 $171,133.52
1935 $188,246.87
1936 $207,071.56
1937 $227,778.72
1938 $250,556.59
1939 $275,612.25
1940 $303,173.47
1941 $333,490.82
1942 $366,839.90
1943 $403,523.89
1944 $443,876.28
1945 $488,263.91
1946 $537,090.30
1947 $590,799.33
1948 $649,879.26
1949 $714,867.19
1950 $786,353.91
1951 $864,989.30
1952 $951,488.23
1953 $1,046,637.05
1954 $1,151,300.75
1955 $1,266,430.83
1956 $1,393,073.91
1957 $1,532,381.30
1958 $1,685,619.43
1959 $1,854,181.38
1960 $2,039,599.51
1961 $2,243,559.47
1962 $2,467,915.41
1963 $2,714,706.95
1964 $2,986,177.65
1965 $3,284,795.41
1966 $3,613,274.95
1967 $3,974,602.45
1968 $4,372,062.70
1969 $4,809,268.96
1970 $5,290,195.86
1971 $5,819,215.45
1972 $6,401,136.99
1973 $7,041,250.69
1974 $7,745,375.76
1975 $8,519,913.34
1976 $9,371,904.67
1977 $10,309,095.14
1978 $11,340,004.65
1979 $12,474,005.12
1980 $13,721,405.63
1981 $15,093,546.19
1982 $16,602,900.81
1983 $18,263,190.89
1984 $20,089,509.98
1985 $22,098,460.98
1986 $24,308,307.07
1987 $26,739,137.78
1988 $29,413,051.56
1989 $32,354,356.72
1990 $35,589,792.39
1991 $39,148,771.63
1992 $43,063,648.79
1993 $47,370,013.67
1994 $52,107,015.03
1995 $57,317,716.54
1996 $63,049,488.19
1997 $69,354,437.01
1998 $76,289,880.71
1999 $83,918,868.78
2000 $92,310,755.66
2001 $101,541,831.23
2002 $111,696,014.35
2003 $122,865,615.78
2004 $135,152,177.36
2005 $148,667,395.10
2006 $163,534,134.61
2007 $179,887,548.07
2008 $197,876,302.88
2009 $217,663,933.16
2010 $239,430,326.48



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