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<p>[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 264160, member: 4552"]I'll go along with that as a primary reason. Around me now fewer and fewer people use money. My son does almost everything with plastic. I didn't know you could just wave a card at a gas pump until I saw him do that. There are virtually no stores left that do not take plastic around me. Ever see that Visa commercial on TV where someone holds up everything trying to use cash. I'm only surprized that gum ball machines still take coins. </p><p>Everyone should realize that due to intercontinental businesses must eventually have the ability to transact monitarily with only one system and that would be electronically. One type of monitary system is slowly being used in Europe now but eventually everywhere on Earth there has to be only one system. </p><p>As to large denomiation coins. All the vending machines would have to be modified. All conductors on trains that use a money changer would have to buy new ones for all the strange bills. I get nasty looks from them from trying to use the baby dollar coins. Cash regesters in stores would need whole new drawers for all the different type of coins. </p><p>No, it just is way to late for larger coinage. </p><p>I would still like to see some $1.99, $2.99, etc bills so that all the stores prices could be met.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 264160, member: 4552"]I'll go along with that as a primary reason. Around me now fewer and fewer people use money. My son does almost everything with plastic. I didn't know you could just wave a card at a gas pump until I saw him do that. There are virtually no stores left that do not take plastic around me. Ever see that Visa commercial on TV where someone holds up everything trying to use cash. I'm only surprized that gum ball machines still take coins. Everyone should realize that due to intercontinental businesses must eventually have the ability to transact monitarily with only one system and that would be electronically. One type of monitary system is slowly being used in Europe now but eventually everywhere on Earth there has to be only one system. As to large denomiation coins. All the vending machines would have to be modified. All conductors on trains that use a money changer would have to buy new ones for all the strange bills. I get nasty looks from them from trying to use the baby dollar coins. Cash regesters in stores would need whole new drawers for all the different type of coins. No, it just is way to late for larger coinage. I would still like to see some $1.99, $2.99, etc bills so that all the stores prices could be met.[/QUOTE]
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