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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gboulton, post: 1015195, member: 27043&quot;]To touch on the &quot;themes&quot; of this thread...</p><p><br /></p><p>Frst, if you think limited popularity or scarcity in circulation equates to value or &#039;true scarcity&quot;, see the Kennedy Half dollar.&nbsp; That should pretty much put an end to THAT thinking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next, I believe 19Lyds is correct...the $1 coin...ANY $1 coin...will become accepted when there is no other choice.&nbsp; It&#039;s really not so much an issue of one being &quot;better&quot; than the other for daily use, so much as it&#039;s an issue of &#039;we&#039;ve always done it that way&quot;.&nbsp; Take the $1 bill out of circulation, and you&#039;ll hear grumbling from everyone for whom it&#039;s a habit...until the habit is broken.&nbsp; Inside of 10 years, nobody will think anything about pulling a few $1 coins out of their pocket to pay for a transaction.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really don&#039;t, to be honest, understand why more politicians AREN&#039;T seizing on this issue.&nbsp; Here&#039;s an opportunity for ANY politician to say &quot;Look...we&#039;ve got a way to save BILLIONS of dollars, without cutting ANYONE&#039;S funding, without costing ANYONE their job, without taking away ANYONE&#039;s entitlement.&nbsp; I&#039;m for it, and will push for its passage!&quot;&nbsp; HOW can that be politically unwise??</p><p><br /></p><p>I too am doing my part.&nbsp; My wife and I do nearly all of our business in cash, and regularly ask for, carry, and use $1 coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally for me, the $1 &quot;prezies&quot; are among my favorite coins minted in the last 100 years, to be honest.&nbsp; I LOVE the &quot;classic look&quot; of the edge lettering, the usage of coin for teachable moments, even the color.&nbsp; I think they&#039;re &quot;neat&quot;, attractive, &quot;old timey&quot;, and a host of other things that simply make them enjoyable.&nbsp; I&#039;m collecting a set for just that reason..simply because I like them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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