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my first $1 US coin

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2011.10.26

Today I noticed a funny looking loony in my carry-around change; turns out it was a $1 coin from the US.

I had no idea that the Americans had followed our lead in producing dollar coins. Where have I been?

Oh yeah, Japan

There's nothing more difficult to handle, more doubtful of success and more dangerous to carry through than initiating change.

—Niccolo Machiavelli