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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1288238, member: 15929&quot;]Its a losing idea friend.</p><p><br /></p><p>See my post regarding the circulation cylce of the one dollar coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mint &gt; You &gt; Local Merchant &gt; Local Bank &gt; Federal Bank &gt; Storage</p><p><br /></p><p>The purpose behind the Direct Ship program is to enable Small Business to order the one dollar coins without having to order a $1,000 box.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now ask yourself this one simple question. Which small business orders their coinage from a coin supplier and then pays to have it delivered?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m of the opinion, that 99.9% of small businesses get their coinage from the local banks at &quot;no extra charge&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m also of the opinion that the Direct Ship Program was a half-assed attempt of the US Mint to get Dollar coins to circulate. I guess they forgot about the dollar bill which is the primary adversary to the success of the one dollar coin program.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eliminate the dollar bill and I could guarantee that the dollar coin would fit right in.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem is NOT with the coin or the bill. The problem is in having two (2) forms of one form of money. It always has been this way and always will be this way as the country has NEVER had a circulating one dollar coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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