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<p>[QUOTE="bullionboy, post: 468831, member: 1468"]A bi-metallic dollar coin would be impossible not to notice. They could do all sorts of things to make the coin feel different as well. Ridges and letters clusters. No more confusing it with quarters and no more Disney tokens.</p><p><br /></p><p> The bi-metallic design would also lend itself to new design innovation that could invigorate our coinage. Mottos, stars and so on could be placed in locations on the coins based on the metal. Think of The United States of America One Dollar on the outer edge with a shield, eagle, Olive Branch or stars on the center metal. The metal makeup if done on several coins could also breath new life to each denomination if they varied the composition somewhat for each coin. Think of a golden dollar with the outer layer in the standard metal,but a center of traditional cupro-nickel? Or a steel penny with a small copper center. The combinations are many. I think the penny, dollar and half are all good canidates to try. We should as a group really push this idea.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bullionboy, post: 468831, member: 1468"]A bi-metallic dollar coin would be impossible not to notice. They could do all sorts of things to make the coin feel different as well. Ridges and letters clusters. No more confusing it with quarters and no more Disney tokens. The bi-metallic design would also lend itself to new design innovation that could invigorate our coinage. Mottos, stars and so on could be placed in locations on the coins based on the metal. Think of The United States of America One Dollar on the outer edge with a shield, eagle, Olive Branch or stars on the center metal. The metal makeup if done on several coins could also breath new life to each denomination if they varied the composition somewhat for each coin. Think of a golden dollar with the outer layer in the standard metal,but a center of traditional cupro-nickel? Or a steel penny with a small copper center. The combinations are many. I think the penny, dollar and half are all good canidates to try. We should as a group really push this idea.[/QUOTE]
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