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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 541137, member: 9270&quot;]Dollar coins will <u><b>NOT</b></u> circulate until the dollar bill is removed from circulation.</p><p>It&#039;s that simple.</p><p>Any dollar coin you put into circulation will go straight to the bank and sit there.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I personally believe the dollar coin is a good idea economically.</p><p>Dollar bills cost a lot more to produce when life spans are considered.</p><p>The coin <b><u>NEEDS</u></b> to be sized in such a way as to make it easily differentiated from a quarter.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If I ruled the roost, the following changes would be made:</p><p>- the cent disappears, period.</p><p>- the nickel disappears <b><u>OR</u></b> gets redesigned so that it costs less to produce than its face value.</p><p>- the half dollar is delegated to commemoratives only (no business strikes).</p><p>- the dollar bill disappears, period.</p><p>- the dollar coins are resized to the current half dollar size; that way they <b><u>WOULD</u></b> be easily distinguishable.</p><p>- with the dollar bill gone and the dollar coin in place, two dollar bills would then circulate; must be boatloads of them in the Federal Reserve banks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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