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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dockwalliper, post: 76749, member: 392&quot;]And.....</p><p><br /></p><p>Congress finds the following:</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (1) There are sectors of the United States econ-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; omy, including public transportation, parking me-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ters, vending machines, and low-dollar value trans-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; actions, in which the use of a $1 coin is both useful</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and desirable for keeping costs and prices down.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (2) For a variety of reasons, the new $1 coin</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; introduced in 2000 has not been widely sought-after</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; by the public, leading to higher costs for merchants</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; and thus higher prices for consumers.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (3) The success of the 50 States Commemora-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; tive Coin Program (31 U.S.C. 5112(l)) for circu-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; lating quarter dollars shows that a design on a </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; United States circulating coin that is regularly</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; changed in a manner similar to the systematic</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; change in designs in such Program radically in-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; creases demand for the coin, rapidly pulling it</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; through the economy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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