She dropped the punch, reached out her hand for a bill, opened the purse at her waist, put the money in, snapped it shut again and squeezed the change out of the coin holder that was attached to it.

她放下打孔器，伸手去够出一张钞票，打开腰上的钱包，把钱放进去，啪嚓一声又合上钱包，将零钱挤出硬币固定在钱包上的硬币夹。

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When we use money today, however, the actual value of the coin itself does not equal its face value.

但是，当我们今天使用货币的时候，硬币本身的实际价值并不等同其面值。

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A 50-dollar coin from 1851 on display at the National Museum of American History in a new exhibit called "Stories on Money."

一枚1851年发行的50美元的硬币正在美国国家历史博物馆名为“钱的故事”的展览中展出。

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When she was finished, she counted the money out to the waiter and left an extra coin on his tray.

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In fact, it is precisely to Congress that the Constitution (in Article 1, Section 8) grants the power to coin money and regulate the value thereof.

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Then I asked Hoffmeister about this and he said that Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution states that Congress has the power to coin money and regulate the value of it.

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This would seem to ignore two factors: (1) the point of the coin is to pay for the debt, and (2) money is fungible.

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