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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1913743, member: 11668&quot;]The Federal Reserve stopped ordering $1 coins for circulation in 2011, since they already had piles and piles of them that nobody wanted.&nbsp; If there was ever a serious plan to get rid of the paper $1, there isn&#039;t any more.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also, improvements to the Fed&#039;s equipment that inspects circulated currency have made it *much* better at distinguishing worn-out bills from good ones, and hence much less likely to send a good bill off to the shredder prematurely.&nbsp; As a result, the average lifespan of a $1 bill is something like four times as long as it was just a few years ago, and the cost differential between the $1 bill and $1 coin is a lot narrower now--in fact, the paper $1 may actually be *less* costly than the $1 coin now, depending on how exactly you figure the costs.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t seem likely that the $1 coin is going to be making a comeback any time soon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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