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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 2685308, member: 15588"]Germs are everywhere. As said above, you're more likely to get contaminated from the cell phone you put in your face multiple times a day than the dollar bills in your wallet - unless you eat them or rub your face on them. The same argument could be made for the health hazard about coins also. I wouldn't put a coin in my mouth any more than I would put a bill in my mouth. I also wash my hands after handling large wads of circulated change. Who knows where that stuff has been? I don't really want to know...</p><p><br /></p><p>The US will probably go polymer at some point anyway, similar to many other countries. The polymer notes in Canada even have people wondering whether they need to drop the $5 bill for a $5 coin. I guess we'll see... money changes very slowly in this country.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 2685308, member: 15588"]Germs are everywhere. As said above, you're more likely to get contaminated from the cell phone you put in your face multiple times a day than the dollar bills in your wallet - unless you eat them or rub your face on them. The same argument could be made for the health hazard about coins also. I wouldn't put a coin in my mouth any more than I would put a bill in my mouth. I also wash my hands after handling large wads of circulated change. Who knows where that stuff has been? I don't really want to know... The US will probably go polymer at some point anyway, similar to many other countries. The polymer notes in Canada even have people wondering whether they need to drop the $5 bill for a $5 coin. I guess we'll see... money changes very slowly in this country.[/QUOTE]
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