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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blasty, post: 4561598, member: 38375&quot;]My biggest complaint with the current dollar coin is that it is physically too large for what it&#039;s worth. I&#039;d love to see dollar coins (and even $2 and/or $5 coins) in lieu of notes, but not if I have to carry a heavy pocket full because they&#039;re set on using that large cent / $10 gold piece size.</p><p><br /></p><p>I spent some time on business in Japan earlier this year, I needed to constantly remind myself to use the coins in my pocket instead of just letting them pile up like usual. Their two highest-value coins are analogous to $1 and $5, and are roughly close to quarter- and (modern) dollar-size respectively.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, <b>1.</b> they have coins of value and physical size to make them useful in daily commerce, we don&#039;t, and <b>2.</b> they also don&#039;t issue any notes that compete with the coins, we do.</p><p><br /></p><p>As much as I&#039;m an American patriot, I&#039;d like to see us disconnect from the old sizes and take examples from other countries&#039; coins. Then again I&#039;m one of the diminishing number of people in the US who prefers to use cash.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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