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<p>[QUOTE="vipergts2, post: 201954, member: 3881"]<b>bigger</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would love to see a dollar coin the size of the morgan, and even silver clad would be great. but people have the perception now that the dollar is to large, if it were any larger they would really throw a fit. Most people don't realize the golden dollars are the same size as the Susan B that every body thought was a quarter. I find it amazing that a change in color and the average person thinks its a larger coin.</p><p> As for the coins circulating, other than bills still in use, the biggest problem I see is that cashiers don't want to give them in change. They won't even ask if you want them unless they know you are a collector. There would be a slightly better chance the dollar coins would be used if people actually got them in change instead of having to try and get them at the bank. How many people are actually going to do that. Again only collectors.</p><p> I like the presidential dollar concept partially becase I enjoy history. I just hope the program follows through so I can keep getting rolls from the banks. If I had to get them from the mint I would stop collecting them.</p><p> I also like the idea of the coins being cheaper in the long run to produce than bills. It would be nice to save a little of our tax money from time to time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="vipergts2, post: 201954, member: 3881"][b]bigger[/b] I would love to see a dollar coin the size of the morgan, and even silver clad would be great. but people have the perception now that the dollar is to large, if it were any larger they would really throw a fit. Most people don't realize the golden dollars are the same size as the Susan B that every body thought was a quarter. I find it amazing that a change in color and the average person thinks its a larger coin. As for the coins circulating, other than bills still in use, the biggest problem I see is that cashiers don't want to give them in change. They won't even ask if you want them unless they know you are a collector. There would be a slightly better chance the dollar coins would be used if people actually got them in change instead of having to try and get them at the bank. How many people are actually going to do that. Again only collectors. I like the presidential dollar concept partially becase I enjoy history. I just hope the program follows through so I can keep getting rolls from the banks. If I had to get them from the mint I would stop collecting them. I also like the idea of the coins being cheaper in the long run to produce than bills. It would be nice to save a little of our tax money from time to time.[/QUOTE]
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