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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1913814, member: 11668&quot;]Yes.&nbsp; The Fed estimates that the $1 bill is more economical than the $1 coin as long as the bill lasts at least 4.75 years--and the latest figures show it lasting 5.9 years on average.&nbsp; That&#039;s up from 1.5 years in the 1990s.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The $1 coin is estimated to last 30 years, but a coin is significantly more expensive to produce, transport, &amp;c. than a bill is.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>These numbers, and a bunch of other relevant facts and figures, can be found in a Fed working paper <a href="http://www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsystems/staff-working-paper-20131211.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsystems/staff-working-paper-20131211.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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