Obviously that Dollar Coin issue didn't recieve much attention on that November 23rd.

...deadline.

I have not heard any news of the $1 bill getting any closer to being eliminated. So, has anyone else here heard anything new? Please post your information here.

 

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Not for nothing, but, Congress can't even work together on the more important issues this country faces, I don't see them doing anything about the non-important issues anytime soon.

 

It would help if they paid attention to their constituents.

I sent my (unnamed to protect him/her from popular contempt) senator a letter supporting elimination of the paper dollar. I received a letter thanking my for my interest and assuring me that the popular paper dollar would be protected!

 

They do.

Only at election time when they need our vote.

Any other time, wishful thinking!

 

Well, then what the H:devil:ll was his point of "thanking" you, for your views? He thanks you for your support of the dollar coin, yet he tells you he is going to protect the $1 bill?

I think I am going to write to my Congressmen (*again*) and tell them to introduce legislation to redesign the $1 and $2 bills, and the half dollar, like I said for a yellow tinted colorized, big head $1 bill with a darker yellow $ sign to the right of George Washington, and a complete redesign of the back with a low-vision numeral and to basically conform the $5 and up, and you know the drill for the $2 bill and the half, but for those of you who don't, a bluish-green tinted big head $2 bill with an opened scroll representing the Declaration of Independence to the right of Thomas Jefferson and a low-vision numeral on the back. And for the half, a redesign to a smaller (between nickel and quarter size) , thicker, nonagon shaped, possibly copper colored coin, and have Congress and the Treasury push THESE denominations, instead of that wasteful dollar coin. Since we don't have $2 coins or $0.50 bills, lets embrace our $2 bills and half dollar coins. And replace the current cotton/linen paper in our paper money with polymer plastic banknotes. THAT will cut down on any "need" to replace the $1 bill witha dollar coin any time soon. And also, I heard that Crane & Co. who manufactures our currency paper was checking into making the switch from manufacturing our cotton/linen paper, to manufaturing polymer plastic for our FRNs, but that was in the mid 1990s, when I talked to the Coin Coalition. So anyway, the fact is, Crane & Co. would not lose out much, if they made polymer sheets for our "paper" money. Then somehow get vendors and self checkout companies to adapt to new design $1 and $2 bills and halves. As soon as they are a part of our lives for a few months, they would be embraced better than a dollar coin. People would like new $2s so that they would not clog their wallets up with so many $1s, and seniors would like the smaller half that would weigh less than even ONE quarter, let alone, TWO quarters, so I think they would be a big hit after a few months of moanin' groanin' and hoardin'.

 

Do It Yourself

I just went to the bank and got a couple of rolls of dollars and started spending them. I think i will continue to do so.