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Message:: [QUOTE="Drago the Wolf, post: 1288290, member: 22476"]I wish you could still use debit cards to buy the "Direct Ship" dollar coins. I did it one time and had a blast spending them. And now that they expect a money order or cashier's check, thats a BIG "Neddy No No" because I have had lost money orders where I never found them or got the money back when they got lost in the mail. Plus one time, I was trying to get some of the 2010 Native American dollars and 2010 halves, and the Mint kept pushing their shipping date farther and farther away, and both me and my mother kept calling the Mint, and they promised that "This was going to be the last delay" So finally, we just said screw it, and got the money back. Personally, while I am basically alone on this issue, I would much rather invest my energy into getting $2 bills and halves into better circulation since, as people here say "There are already two forms of the $1 denomination, the $1 bill and the dollar coin, so why have two forms in a cash drawer?", while there is no 50 cent bill and no $2 coin...yet? Yes I know most vending machines do not take halves (if any) but if more people demanded halves, the vending industry HAS told me they WOULD upgrade their machines for them (However, I do believe they would like halves redesigned to be smaller, before they upgrade, probably due to having to totally redesign their coin mechs otherwise), and most bill readers can be adjusted to read $2 bills.[/QUOTE]