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<p>[QUOTE="jhall28488, post: 9943, member: 995"]Hmmm...</p><p>As far as the dollar coins go, I don't think that it really matters who gets put on the obverse. In my opinion they will never circulate and will be of interest only to collectors. It is probably better to just make a bunch of commemorative silver or gold dollars and call it good. The mint would, of course, make a truck load of money from collectors. Personally, I would love to see a return to large size dollars, the problem is that dollar and half dollar coins just don't circulate anymore because they are a bother to merchants, and ultimately they are the ones that use the coins the most in daily transactions. Lately, it's been very difficult to get rolls of Sacs from my bank, they say that there is no demand for them from merchants so they don't carry them anymore. They still have kennedys, but the demand really isn't there and I think that eventually they too will not be available at my bank.</p><p>Just my two cents.....</p><p><br /></p><p>Joe[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jhall28488, post: 9943, member: 995"]Hmmm... As far as the dollar coins go, I don't think that it really matters who gets put on the obverse. In my opinion they will never circulate and will be of interest only to collectors. It is probably better to just make a bunch of commemorative silver or gold dollars and call it good. The mint would, of course, make a truck load of money from collectors. Personally, I would love to see a return to large size dollars, the problem is that dollar and half dollar coins just don't circulate anymore because they are a bother to merchants, and ultimately they are the ones that use the coins the most in daily transactions. Lately, it's been very difficult to get rolls of Sacs from my bank, they say that there is no demand for them from merchants so they don't carry them anymore. They still have kennedys, but the demand really isn't there and I think that eventually they too will not be available at my bank. Just my two cents..... Joe[/QUOTE]
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