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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chip, post: 1359604, member: 19122&quot;]What happened? The direct ship program was started in order to get the one dollar coins in common usage in commerce. Some sharpies figured out to order them using a credit card, get cash back etcetera and then turn the coins in directly to the bank. So the mint stopped the use of credit cards for those purchases, then the snooze media put out a couple articles about how the gummint is storing hundreds of millions of the dollar coins, there were a couple industry lobby groups involved, one representing the coins and one representing the paper suppliers, before this got down to the representatives or senators actually doing their job and passing a law, the executive branch unilaterally made the decision to suspend the program, no matter what the law says or said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps I missed the legislation that the treasury secretary was directed to stop the lawful coining of the dollar coins. It would not surprise me if I did miss it, since I have family and work that takes more time so I cannot keep an eye on the donks and pachyderms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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