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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 1088691, member: 17919&quot;]I don&#039;t think you really understand the problem-- There is a HUGE difference between a driver&#039;s license and MONEY. A HUGE difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>A US driver&#039;s license is not meant to be used as money. It has a stated expiration date. And it is not issued by the federal government, but rather by state governments, in large part to raise revenue. Nobody expects to get a refund on a driver&#039;s license. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coins, on the other hand, are issued by governments to be used as a monetary medium of exchange by their citizens and whoever else is in the country. I believe that every government has the moral obligation to ensure that all coins that it issues should always be redeemable-- no ifs, ands, or buts about it-- always redeemable. Announcing a deadline for redemption is an underhanded way of cheating the public out of some of its money-- everyone might be aware of it, but there will always be caches of the coins that are found after the deadline has passed, but by then the coins are virtually worthless. Just like the 2000 French francs in my collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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