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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1972016, member: 26302"]After thinking about this, I think they are going to have a problem. While the more I think about it I think the idea of plastic coins with different colors has some nice advantages, (not for collectors, though, they look horrid), I think the shapes are a major error. Anything other than round will catch inside pockets and wallets, and be a hindrance. I thin they should have went with all round coins, with sizes and colors being more than enough to differentiate denominations. There is a reason coins are round. Yes, in the West I know a major factor is metal flow patterns, but even in the East where they cast coins they recognized round coins are the easiest shape to carry, sort, and use in everyday life. There is a reason all of the other shapes in Chinese coins went away, and they standardized on round. I believe the history of plastic coinage will play out identically.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1972016, member: 26302"]After thinking about this, I think they are going to have a problem. While the more I think about it I think the idea of plastic coins with different colors has some nice advantages, (not for collectors, though, they look horrid), I think the shapes are a major error. Anything other than round will catch inside pockets and wallets, and be a hindrance. I thin they should have went with all round coins, with sizes and colors being more than enough to differentiate denominations. There is a reason coins are round. Yes, in the West I know a major factor is metal flow patterns, but even in the East where they cast coins they recognized round coins are the easiest shape to carry, sort, and use in everyday life. There is a reason all of the other shapes in Chinese coins went away, and they standardized on round. I believe the history of plastic coinage will play out identically.[/QUOTE]
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