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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2469416, member: 66&quot;]They have never really tried to push them onto us.&nbsp; If they had really want to push them on us they would have discontinued the dollar note.&nbsp; They have always maintained the fiction that they could both co-circulate even though history has shown that was a pipedream.&nbsp; We have had small size dollars since 1979, do you know when they made the FIRST attempt to actually push them on us by eliminating the dollar bill?&nbsp; 2014!&nbsp; And the bill was introduced on the last day of the session so it died when they adjourned.&nbsp; Not much of a push.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I do question this a bit.&nbsp; I suspect they WERE popular (or at least more popular) from about 1840 to 1850.&nbsp; No proof, just reasoning.&nbsp; Before 1840 they weren&#039;t available.&nbsp; From 1840 to 1850 they were available and all the paper money in circulation was private bank currency, much of it of very questionable and fluctuating value (even worthless).&nbsp; So if you had a choice of questionable paper, or a heavy dollar coin of known full value and quality, which would you rather have?&nbsp; You would want the dollar coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Around 1850 though the value of the silver in the coin increased and now every time you spent one you were taking a loss.&nbsp; Sure be nice to receive, but you don&#039;t want to spend them yet can&#039;t afford to hold them. (Dollar was a lot of money)&nbsp; After 1862 Federal paper money became available.&nbsp; During the war it was questionable, but afterward it became a more acceptable and convenient way of carrying dollars. and that spelled the end of dollar coin acceptance as long as paper dollars were available.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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