WOLCOTT: Clinking Canadian coin cache

From the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal: Let’s say you have 30 cents in change. There are only two coins, but one of them is not a quarter. What are the coins? It took a bit of time for me to catch on to my great nephew’s puzzler. Now I’m wondering what to do with my…

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Mint says law won’t allow Niagara Falls on new quarter series

From the Buffalo News: Niagara Falls is one of the world’s most iconic natural landmarks. Gov. David A. Paterson and Sen. Charles E. Schumer think the cascading falls would make an ideal pick to grace New York’s quarter in the upcoming America’s Beautiful National Parks quarters series. But the U. S. Mint says no. That’s…

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