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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 433593, member: 4626&quot;]Was there any reason to resurrect a more than a year old thread just to point out the obvious?</p><p><br /></p><p>The dollar coins don&#039;t circulate.&nbsp; Regardless of whatever justifications that they should, the vast majority of the public is indifferent to them and prefer $1 bills to $1 coins.&nbsp; This will always be the case as long as they have a choice; the only way to change the situation is to forcefully discontinue $1 bills.&nbsp; The prevailing political will is against that, and likely will continue to be so in the forseeable future.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t matter what you put on a dollar coin, it&#039;s not going to circulate as long as people have a choice in the matter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s not belabor the obvious, OK?</p><p><br /></p><p>Having said that, I think getting rid of the $1 bill makes sense and would prefer to use $1 coins rather than $1 bills.&nbsp; But I&#039;m obviously in the minority in that regard.</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually like the presidential coins... I&#039;m collecting one of each in proof and business strike, and think they are a great mnemonic device to remember presidential history.&nbsp; But I hold no illusions that the series serves any purpose other than for something for coin collectors to collect... it will never be a practically circulating coin; and not all coin collectors are going to want to collect it (everyone has their individual preferences after all, and you can&#039;t collect everything even if you wanted to.)</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. A lot of people argue about &quot;In God We Trust&quot; in some way or another... I&#039;m sure it&#039;s a hot-button issue for some but I think the majority likely doesn&#039;t care one way or the other.&nbsp; Like I heard a radio talk show host say once, &quot;I wouldn&#039;t care if my money said &#039;Screw You&#039; on it, as long as I can still spend it.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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