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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gocamels, post: 401181, member: 14934&quot;]Here&#039;s my 2 cents (or 3.4 cents if you melt them down).&nbsp; It costs roughly 6 cents to produce a $1 bill, which will circulate for about 21 months (on average).&nbsp; It costs roughly 16 cents to produce a $1 coin which will circulate for about 30 years (again, on average).</p><p><br /></p><p>Documents on file at the GAO (Government Accountability Office - an oxymoron if ever I heard one) estimate the annual savings of switching to the $1 coin to be around $747 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>The citizens of other countries were less than excited about switching from bills to coins I have heard, but once the change is made, folks forget rather quickly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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