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Message:: [QUOTE="lincolncent, post: 779904, member: 22506"]I think that until the mint starts making a non-collectors item coin than the $1 coin will never work. Right now they keep changing the design which is makes them a big collectors item. They did one of the most important things (made them lighter) already. They also don't make as many for general circulation as they do pennies, dimes and such. Half dollar slots is a great idea. The mint just needs to make more of the high-denominational coins. I think it would even be economically feasible to make a five or even ten dollar coin out of cheaper metals than gold. When the eagles were around they were a decent hit and were fairly well circulated. That was also before gold hit $1100 an ounce though. I think they should just do away with $2 bills because they are rarely circulated. I have worked at a grocery store in my hometown for a little over a year and a half and I might have seen 10 in circulation at most. As for redesigning the 1 and 2, i think they need to do a better job of getting the older bills out of circulation. I recently met a woman who had been given change with a 1934 green seal 20 dollar bill (those do exist don't they!?). This bill had to have gone through a bank at some point. The last year of 1 dollar bills they "shredded" was 1993. There are still a few of these out there but not many.[/QUOTE]