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<p>[QUOTE="Detecto92, post: 1330690, member: 75105"]<span style="color: #000000"><font face="verdana">Each dollar bill costs 10 cents to print.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="verdana">Each dollar coin costs about 10 cents to mint. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="verdana">Congress used to argue that a dollar bill was cheaper to print, but since cotton has gone up in price, both are nearly the same price (10 cents).</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="verdana">A dollar bill only lasts about 2 years. Pull out the ones that you have, I bet over 75% of them are series 2009.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="verdana">A dollar coin on the other hand, lasts THIRTY YEARS, or more.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="verdana">So in a dollar coin's lifetime, 15 dollar bills will be printed.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="verdana">So what makes more sense, making something for 10 cents that lasts 30 years, or printing something for 10 cents that lasts 2?</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="verdana">How do you confuse a dollar coin with a quarter? If your looking at your change, dollar coins are easily spotted by their gold color.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="verdana">If your digging in your pocket the dollar coin has a smooth edge, and the quarter has a rough, reeded edge. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="verdana">There are also people who argue that the coins will weigh them down. "I don't want to carry twenty of them in my pocket."</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="verdana">Who carries twenty 1 dollar bills? Exactly...</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="verdana">Canada has not used dollar bills since 1989. We need to stop being such a stick in the mud.</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Detecto92, post: 1330690, member: 75105"][COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]Each dollar bill costs 10 cents to print.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]Each dollar coin costs about 10 cents to mint. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]Congress used to argue that a dollar bill was cheaper to print, but since cotton has gone up in price, both are nearly the same price (10 cents).[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]A dollar bill only lasts about 2 years. Pull out the ones that you have, I bet over 75% of them are series 2009.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]A dollar coin on the other hand, lasts THIRTY YEARS, or more.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]So in a dollar coin's lifetime, 15 dollar bills will be printed.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]So what makes more sense, making something for 10 cents that lasts 30 years, or printing something for 10 cents that lasts 2?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]How do you confuse a dollar coin with a quarter? If your looking at your change, dollar coins are easily spotted by their gold color.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]If your digging in your pocket the dollar coin has a smooth edge, and the quarter has a rough, reeded edge. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]There are also people who argue that the coins will weigh them down. "I don't want to carry twenty of them in my pocket."[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]Who carries twenty 1 dollar bills? Exactly...[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]Canada has not used dollar bills since 1989. We need to stop being such a stick in the mud.[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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