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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mike Thornton, post: 4560751, member: 105289&quot;]Wasn&#039;t the issuing of the SBA&#039;s an attempt to replace the $1 bill?&nbsp; For that matter, the reissue of the $2 bill in 1976 for the Bicentennial. That&#039;s what I remember from &#039;76, &#039;79.&nbsp; Then again in &#039;99.&nbsp; At that time, I worked in retail and the SBA&#039;s were so close, in size, to a quarter that they were often mistaken as such, costing the retailer 75 cents or more on the transaction.&nbsp; I even experienced this with a bank teller.&nbsp; (You&#039;d think they would know or had some training).&nbsp; Then the Sacajawea came out but the general public still liked the paper bills.&nbsp; However, after about &quot;2 weeks&quot; in circulation the coins they went from bright and shiny to ugly and very dark.&nbsp; People didn&#039;t like and stopped using them.&nbsp; Then we saw a change in the alloy, to help keep that &quot;golden&quot; look, and out come with the Presidential dollars and that pretty much did a belly flop.&nbsp; Now the various Sacajawea&#039;s and Innovation&#039;s dollars, for collectors, but I don&#039;t see much interest in them either.&nbsp; </p><p>Anyway why have we gone through all this?&nbsp; At least in part to the desire to replace and eliminate the $1 bill.&nbsp; I read somewhere that an average $1 bill has a circulation life of just a few months and costs over a dollar to print.&nbsp; Until the US public makes the paradigm shift to 1 and maybe 2 dollar coins, I don&#039;t see that changing anytime soon.&nbsp; Sorry about running off the original OP question.&nbsp; I&#039;m not an expert but I&#039;m not aware of any small dollar coins being minted at West Point, to date.</p><p>Just my opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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