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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JamMasterJR, post: 202193, member: 7768&quot;]From the U.S. Mint&#039;s point of view, $1 coins are far more cost-effective that the paper bill but I&#039;m not sure that abandoning the $1 bill will work in the U.S. (at least, not for the forseeable future).&nbsp; If the U.S. Mint stopped issuing $1 bills, I suspect that there would be such a large public outcry that they would be forced to resume production.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps I&#039;m speaking for myself, but many of us Americans have an emotional, patriotic attachment to the $1 bill. The Dollar bill has long been an American icon.&nbsp; Like the Kennedy Half Dollar, the Eisenhower, Susan B. Anthony, Sacagawea and now the Presidential dollar coins are a novelty and a collector&#039;s item.&nbsp; Except for the Eisenhower (or &quot;Ike&quot; for those old enough to remember him), the dollar coins are small and feel too much like a quarter.&nbsp; At least the Eisenhower dollar was big and could never be confused with any another coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dollar coins and Kennedy Half Dollars are the red-headed step-children of U.S. coinage.&nbsp; Whenever we get one, we either stash it or pawn it off on someone as quickly as possible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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