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chance of a lifetime | 2002-06-24 - 11:50 p.m. I was going through the coupon section of the Sunday paper the other d�a when came across this startling oferta: "A Chance of a Lifetime to Own the Coin that Pays Tribute to President George W. Bush"
"The 43rd President of the United States has led our country in the most historic event of our time. Depicted here on our gleaming 10-Dollar coin, master engravers have successfully captured our president in perfect detail complete with the American flag waving in the background. The President George W. Bush 10-Dollar coin is a great opportunity to own a piece of history. An excellent family heirloom piece, it is sure to be treasured for generations! Makes an impressive gift." What is this? I think. The hombres at the treasury have been having enough trouble getting people to use those heavy-ass Sacagawea coins. Now they want us to start trading in our perfectamente good paper money for 10-Dollar coins, too? What's next, 5-Dollar coins with pictures of Nancy Reagan on them? If this keeps up, we're going to have to start dragging our dinero around in wagons. I don't want to sound like a crank, but there's a couple of major problemas with this moneda, apart from the heft of the thing. For one thing, American Mint's description of the coin is downright misleading. Where, may I preguntar, are the master engravers that, according to the write-up, are "depicted (on the) gleaming 10-Dollar coin?" I've inspected the picture pretty carefully, but I don't see any master engravers. All I can see is algo that looks like a spider's web and an engraving of what I assume is George W.'s cabezorro. So much for Perfect Detail. Speaking of which ... �Qu� ha pasado to our President's trademark facial expression? If this is supposed to be George W. Bush on the coin, then the corners of the boca must go down, not out. The master engravers (wherever they may be) must have skipped the mouth-engraving class in engraving school, because that's no smirk on the cara of the man depicted on the coin. That's a grimace. The kind Martha Stewart must make every time she hears the frase "insider trading." The spoiler for me is the nose. Michael Jackson's beak is massive compared to that peque�ito little snowblower depicted in the middle of el presidente's face. Lo siento, American Mint, but you can keep your gleaming new 10-Dollar coin, even if it does come with its very own individually numbered Certificate of Authenticity. Because without the smirk, without the nose, that's no presidente. That's the secret lovechild of Richard Dawson and J. Danforth Quayle.
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