The value of money
If your Wisconsin state quarter looks like this:
it is worth several hundred dollars.
If your Wisconsin state quarter looks like this:
it is also worth several hundred dollars.
Sadly, the Wisconsin state quarter in your pocket almost certainly looks like this:
and so it is worth just about a quarter (with free shipping).
it is worth several hundred dollars.
If your Wisconsin state quarter looks like this:
it is also worth several hundred dollars.
Sadly, the Wisconsin state quarter in your pocket almost certainly looks like this:
and so it is worth just about a quarter (with free shipping).
posted by Eric at 10:49 AM
3 Comments:
Somehow it seems like the "regular" quarter ought to be worth slightly less than 25 cents, so that, on average, all quarters are worth 25 cents.
But I guess instead, the "average quarter" is actually worth more than 25 cents, since if you choose a quarter at random there's a small probability that it's worth several hundred dollars.
Also, I prefer the one with the droopy ear.
No, I think you forgot about conterfeit coins. These valuable surplus leaf coins will spawn lots of counterfeits. These, of course, have a value of zero, and therefore reset the value of the quarter back to $0.25.
It's really a very efficient system. The more valuable the coin is (beyond its face value) the more counterfeit ones are produced. It's really quite remarkable.
Wow, the invisible hand at work.
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