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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 1255729, member: 15062&quot;]I doubt that anybody actually &quot;hated&quot; dollar coins.&nbsp; They were simply not a convenient thing to carry around.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Up through the mid-1930&#039;s when Morgans were last minted, the average weekly income was no more than $30 per week.&nbsp; There simply was no reason to carry 1/30 of your weekly wage in one coin - that would be like carrying a heavy $25 around today.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Peace dollars weren&#039;t popular mainly because the major form of coinage in use by then was the half dollar and smaller.</p><p><br /></p><p>SBA&#039;s were often confused for quarters (although I don&#039;t know why) and not used for that reason.</p><p><br /></p><p>The current crop of Sac and Pres dollars come close to being hated because they&#039;re UGLY, especially when they start to &quot;tone&quot; and most people use quarters in everyday commerce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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