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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Midas, post: 69252, member: 2761&quot;]You can&#039;t have both, otherwise the public will not change.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Sure it is easy to carry a dollar bill instead of coin, but how often to you have 4 single dollar bills in your wallet?&nbsp; Remember, those dollar bills have an average life span of around 16 months before they are pulled and destroyed costing US tax payers $500 million per year to produce.&nbsp; What does your average nickel-clad coin last?&nbsp; 40, 50, 60 years?</p><p><br /></p><p>Canada and Europe pulled the plug on paper dollar bills and people grumbled at first, but very quickly adapted.&nbsp; They have NO paper $1 bill and their $1 coin WORKS! </p><p><br /></p><p>So I am all for a dollar coin (provided they replace the SAC obverse with something with numismatic artistry like a new depiction of liberty) and you can throw away the dollar bill.&nbsp; It will last longer and serve purpose with day to day transactions.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW...the mint made a bunch of SAC coins (2000 and 2001), but since the government will continue to make a paper $1 bill, these coins and all other $1 coin will FAIL.&nbsp; You <u>cannot</u> have paper and coins of the same denomination...it will NOT work![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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