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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 4562513, member: 15588"]Polymer bills have also changed the landscape quite a bit. Canada, the UK and other countries now circulate them and they last quite a bit longer than paper (at least, after they worked out some bugs - early Canadian issues apparently melted in higher heat). But if the problem in the US is the paper lobby as mentioned previously, then this innovation won't matter, either. Yet, given the repeated failure of dollar coins in the US, the public would probably accept polymer bills over more dollar coins. Since the mint overall turns a profit each year, apparently one of the few government agencies that do, Congress probably has larger issues to tackle than the configuration of circulating money. If true, that doesn't bode well for any drastic changes anytime soon. The underlying problem in the US, one that many other counties don't have to deal with, is the tight connection of the mint with the legislature.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 4562513, member: 15588"]Polymer bills have also changed the landscape quite a bit. Canada, the UK and other countries now circulate them and they last quite a bit longer than paper (at least, after they worked out some bugs - early Canadian issues apparently melted in higher heat). But if the problem in the US is the paper lobby as mentioned previously, then this innovation won't matter, either. Yet, given the repeated failure of dollar coins in the US, the public would probably accept polymer bills over more dollar coins. Since the mint overall turns a profit each year, apparently one of the few government agencies that do, Congress probably has larger issues to tackle than the configuration of circulating money. If true, that doesn't bode well for any drastic changes anytime soon. The underlying problem in the US, one that many other counties don't have to deal with, is the tight connection of the mint with the legislature.[/QUOTE]
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