Scrooge paid too much for the Kachoonga diamond mine.

[Olivier]

Hi!

>>He gives the chief  a coin with "a miniature portrait of the chief of my
>>> village" (page 5, panel 5).  Chief Boo-boo looks it over, and
>> reads: "ooo---chief 'quarter-dollar'!  Most impressive".

*chuckle*


>> Scrooge gave him an American quarter-dollar with an
>> American president's portrait on it?
>>    Scrooge couldn't do that, because George Washington
>> wasn't on the quarter-dollar until 1932.  No president was
>> on any American coin until 1909, unlike today [...]

Impressive detective work, and quite an interesting fact: so such portraits appeared fairly late in
the history of  American currency.  how about the bills? Does your source have info on that as well?

Thanks, Larry!


Olivier,
wondering how many mint (ad) pages from  U$ # 1
his little cache of  portraits of  the late chief "1 Franc"
will be worth in 50 years...