Posted on 05/01/2020 9:49:07 PM PDT by LucyT
Keep an eye out for a shiny new quarter with a raised image of fruit bats and be careful not to let the coin fly out of your wallet or pocket.
As part of the U.S. Mint's America the Beautiful Quarters Program, the new National Parks quarter dollar celebrates American Samoa and on the relief features a mother fruit bat and her pup hanging upside down.
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Is this some kind of a RAT joke to remind us of their DemoVirus??
Bats give us rabies, Ebola, Marburg, SARS, Covid-19. Doesn’t that make them worth commemorating?
How appropriate for a 2020 quarter. I suspect these won’t stay in circulation long.
OMG are they kidding me they couldn’t come up with something other than a bar after all this REALLY???
bar = bat GEEZE sorry
I suspect that any design for a coin, and plans to produce it, were created years ago.
S are we safe to assume the next quarter will reveal/pay homage to the next big hoax that will take more of our freedoms and liberties away?
2020 is the Chinese Year of the RAT.
There was an article I found, posted back in January, from CNN promoting travel despite warnings of widespread disease. I’ll try to find the link again.
Year of the RAT/BAT.
Don’t they have beaches or bananas or something else to be proud of?
A Samoa quarter should have featured Charlie the Tuna. :)
I HAD one of these the other day. Couldn’t believe my eyes.
Thought, I GOTTA be seeing this wrong!
Hoax, yes?
Nope. It’s for real.
That is an ugly coin
The perfect gift for spreading coronavirus.
Here’s the article I mentioned. I’ve had a hell of a time trying to quote the pertinent parts, but it’s certainly of interest considering it was posted on CNN in January:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/fortune-guide-2020-chinese-zodiac-sign/index.html
I recognize the bats - Maxine Waters and Nancy Pelosi. Hmm. What are they doing together and which one is the “muther”?
More background:
The National Park series, and it is American Samoa’s turn.
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