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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 772378, member: 17753&quot;]I agree with all three sentences.&nbsp; And, like you, I actually like the design, and I tentatively like the 2010 design.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is in the right place at the right time.&nbsp; With inflation, etc.&nbsp; The problem is, as you mentioned: (a) the dollar bill is too easy to carry around; and (b) too many machines don&#039;t take dollars.&nbsp; If the parking meters in the DC area took dollars, then a lot more people here would be using them -- instead we&#039;re forced to use eight quarters for an hour for parking downtown.&nbsp; Now _that&#039;s_ a hassle!</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the original post -- I&#039;m not sure that the public was all that enamored of those big Morgan and/or Peace Dollars either.&nbsp; There were intense mining interests in having these minted, but I&#039;m not sure the public was into it so much.&nbsp; Just like we think the half is too heavy to carry around, those big dollars were a hassle, too -- even more so.</p><p><br /></p><p>At least that&#039;s what I vaguely remember reading . . . can anyone confirm/deny?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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