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Message:: [QUOTE="Collecting Nut, post: 3474238, member: 74863"]Think of modern day coins, Ike and Susan B Anthony's. The mintages are a lot higher than that of coins from years ago. Modern day would be if one was handed a dollar coin most of us would ask for a paper Dollar. They just don't circulate. If one had them, the next trip to the bank would include depositing them in an account or trading them in. The public has rejected numerous coins. Gold Indians with the incluse design was rejected for fear of germs gathering in the low places. Twenty cent coins for the closeness of a quarter. The same goes for Susan B's. The two cent piece as 2 one cent pieces were just as good. Nickel three cent pieces were issued because the public hoarded the silver  Trimes. Half Dollars do not circulate in today's world but they are still produced. Also consider the years of mintages for twenty cent pieces, 1875-1878. What was happening at that time? Small-change transactions were satisfied by Fractional Currency notes and two Dimes worked better than the twenty cent coin. It's not the refusal of the public but the public's unwillingness to use them. I personally prefer not to have Half Dollars, Ike's, Susan B's, Presidential or Sacajawea coins in my pocket. A handful of quarters is fine. Paper money is fine but not those coins which can't be used in machines, parking meters or in other places. Give me the coins I can use.[/QUOTE]