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<p>[QUOTE="RomaniGypsy, post: 1696802, member: 49234"]The change we really need is to get rid of the $1 bill and replace it completely with the $1 coin. Frankly, I don't much care for paper money. Paper bills get mutilated easily, they don't count well when they're brand new, they harbor more germs than a smaller metallic coin would, they aren't accepted by vending machines when they're in well-used condition, and they don't last anywhere near as long as coins do. Really - does the US government know exactly how many dollar bills are out there? I could burn one right now and they'd never know the difference. The same could be said for coins, I guess... but when the average lifespan of a bill is maybe 1/20th the average lifespan of a coin, you have a lot of room for error in there. We should do what Canada did - go to a one dollar coin and phase out the one dollar bill. Let the remaining dollar bills wear out, and use dollar coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RomaniGypsy, post: 1696802, member: 49234"]The change we really need is to get rid of the $1 bill and replace it completely with the $1 coin. Frankly, I don't much care for paper money. Paper bills get mutilated easily, they don't count well when they're brand new, they harbor more germs than a smaller metallic coin would, they aren't accepted by vending machines when they're in well-used condition, and they don't last anywhere near as long as coins do. Really - does the US government know exactly how many dollar bills are out there? I could burn one right now and they'd never know the difference. The same could be said for coins, I guess... but when the average lifespan of a bill is maybe 1/20th the average lifespan of a coin, you have a lot of room for error in there. We should do what Canada did - go to a one dollar coin and phase out the one dollar bill. Let the remaining dollar bills wear out, and use dollar coins.[/QUOTE]
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