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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 2460131, member: 19250&quot;]We should follow the Canadians&nbsp; as far as them&nbsp; discontinued&nbsp; the 1 and 2 dollar notes. Remove&nbsp; the cent and nickel. Dimes and quarters&nbsp; stay in circulation . States would&nbsp; issues&nbsp; tax tokens (another collector&nbsp; item for some of us) .</p><p>The money saved from getting&nbsp; rid of the two notes and cents and nickels would be a huge.</p><p>As a collector&nbsp; yes it breaks my heart not to have coins to collect . However&nbsp; this would be a win/ loose situation . I believe&nbsp; it would drive up&nbsp; values of the coins now available.</p><p>As collectors&nbsp; we all have to realize&nbsp; that the amount&nbsp; of&nbsp; new collectors&nbsp; is such a low percentage . Would I like to see coins go the same way as Stamps have? No of course&nbsp; not.....but ask yourself&nbsp; this question . How many stamp collectors&nbsp; do you know? How many are middle aged?</p><p>Now one of the issues I have heard from people&nbsp; in general is we don&#039;t&nbsp; want to carry dollar coins, heavy in the pocket etc.</p><p>Next consider&nbsp; that for the most part we are becoming&nbsp; a cashless society . I myself carry a lot of cash due to my job and places it takes me. Less chance of being robed. And if they do take my wallet I can have a card replaced in little&nbsp; time and the other&nbsp; canceled&nbsp; on the spot.</p><p>Do I like what I just noted above no! As I am a collector&nbsp; and I&#039;m&nbsp; from a different&nbsp; era where cash was king.</p><p>A time that one could build a collection&nbsp; without going to a coin shop.</p><p>It just makes sense to make changes , the cost of production&nbsp; the availability&nbsp; to even get half&#039;s&nbsp; or dollar coins these day&#039;s .&nbsp; Banks really don&#039;t&nbsp; want to order coins that you are going to bring back a few days later.</p><p>I can see most saying no we are not going to be the middle man . Handling coins we do not use in out business.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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