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Message:: [QUOTE="Drago the Wolf, post: 1202664, member: 22476"]To those who said "Why bother with a $2 bill or coin?" and "Not having any type of $2 denomination will save money" I must ask, Why do you say this? Having a $2 bill would help lower the need to mint so many $1 coins and make the transition to $1 coins faster, and people would like only having to carry a maximum of one $1 coin at a time. A $2 COIN would be even better, because it would cut the minting of $1 coins in half AND it would also last much longer than a circulating $2 bill. Either method would actually SAVE money, not cost money. Well, it would do both actually. It would cost money to make new $2 bills/coins and save money by having to mint less $1 coins, but you get the idea, I'm sure. And to those who say "I don't think the $2 denomination will ever be popular" Thats not what public opinion polls have shown. Most, if not all public opinion polls I have seen suggest that, if the $1 bill goes, the general public will embrace the $2 bill as their new "paper aternative" One problem is, I think a $2 coin might have a slightly hard time catching on with retailers, with only five slots in the cash register. 1c, 5c, 10c, 25c, and $1. Sorry Mr. Lincoln "junior" (cent coin), time for you to retire along with Mr. Washington  "senior" ($1 bill) and Mr. Jefferson "senior" ($2 bill) and make way for "Joe $2 Coin" :devil:[/QUOTE]