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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Topher, post: 263756, member: 8489&quot;]What bunch of whiners.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Canada, we have absolutely no trouble carrying Loonies and Toonies around, our cash drawers don&#039;t need to be retrofitted, as you just put the one dollar coins where the one dollar bills were.&nbsp; There are sections in the back of the drawer to hold the extra rolls until you need them, etc. etc.&nbsp; You guys are so used to the way things are with a $1 bill and no $1 coin that you can&#039;t possibly see how little it really changes things.&nbsp; Nobody in Canada complains, or cares.&nbsp; It&#039;s not like your world is turning upside down because there is a $1 coin.&nbsp; Personally, it&#039;s far overdue.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem is not having a $1 coin, it&#039;s with how little the $1 coin will buy.&nbsp; If you could buy a newspaper for a nickel, wouldn&#039;t that be great?&nbsp; Feed a family with a $1 coin.&nbsp; Once upon a time, that used to happen.&nbsp; Now all of the coins are virtually worthless in comparison to the same denomination two or three generations ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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