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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fatima, post: 1292228, member: 22143&quot;]I think the current $ coin failed because they changed the size of it.&nbsp; In 1979 the SBA $ format was universally reviled because it looked too much like a quarter.&nbsp; People wouldn&#039;t use them.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think the people who made this decision forgot the appeal of the proportionality of the dime, quarter 1/2 and dollar and the connection to history that it gives many people.&nbsp;&nbsp; Successive attempts at a redesign into what now looks like a chuckey cheeze token for the $ haven&#039;t helped.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, they should first figure out what caused the $ coin redesign to fail, before deciding to change any more of the currency.&nbsp;&nbsp; IMO, they should bring back the large $ format and introduce a $5 coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>------------------</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t imagine any scenario where the US Treasury would think that printing a $1 and $2 bill specifically to remind people that fiat currency is nothing but confetti, is acceptable.&nbsp; They know it, but they don&#039;t want the people to know it.&nbsp;&nbsp; I do agree they should bring back some of the larger denominations.&nbsp; They have destroyed the currency so much that $100 isn&#039;t like it was when the change went into effect.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>------------------</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally I would be against further changes to the currency and coinage to something that resembles monopoly money or something issued by a banana republic.&nbsp;&nbsp; The USA is the oldest constitutional government in the world.&nbsp; The currency should reflect that and keep the connection to that history.&nbsp;&nbsp; The silver dollar was used for the first 200 years of the country and the moment they changed it, 32 years ago, people dropped it.&nbsp; While the 1/2 has also mostly disappeared from circulation, I think it is more to do with the failure of the $ coin than anything else.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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