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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Zak, post: 10685, member: 824&quot;]<b>Rather dollar coin than paper...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Over $500 million are spent each year making paper dollars.&nbsp; Their average life cycle is only aroud 16 to 18 months (max).&nbsp; Obviously, coins last way longer and I am sure they would save us tax payers some serious money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Too bad the public is hung up on paper dollars.&nbsp; Matter of fact, my luck lately in the Express line at the grocery store seems to put me behind some moran that wants to write a check or use his debit card for a candy bar.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I had a dollar coin, I would throw it at him/her!</p><p><br /></p><p>I say this because more and more people seem to write checks, use their debit/credit for EVERYTHING!...no matter how painstaking it is for us that still use cash for items costing less than $1.09.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the public can adapt to paying everything with credit/debit cards...as well as paying at the gas pump without even talking to a person, then they should be able to adjust to life without paper dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>The design postings were great!&nbsp; Bring back Lady Liberty or some form of her.&nbsp; That way we can keep politics at bay and hopefully the coin will between the avergae size of a Kennedy and currrent quarter with a nice SAC gold color.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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