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In reply to the discussion: Congress Considers Doing Away With The $1 Bill [View all]Romulox
(25,960 posts)58. You didn't even attempt to address the issue of coin size.
Most other countries in the world do not have identical sized coins for different denominations. In fact, that is a common complaint about US bill size--we are almost unique in the world as far as having bills that are all identical in size, thus making it very difficult for the blind to use currency.
The Susan B. Anthony/Sacajawea coins are massive step backwards, in this respect.
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The government should get rid of the Penny, Nickel, and Dime. Those coins were made for a day when
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#28
Oh? Well, why don't we just "round up" to the nearest 5 bucks, and solve BOTH "dilemmas"?
WinkyDink
Dec 2012
#54
Rounding to the nearest quarter is best. The thing is the round up is a one time hit. nt
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#70
I hope not. I cannot STAND $1 coins. They are heavy, take up more space, and are harder to store.
NYC Liberal
Dec 2012
#25
All US coins (save the dime) get larger as the amount goes up. Break that symmetry, for what?
Romulox
Dec 2012
#43
It would save the treasury money. Back in the day of gold coins they were smaller then silver ones.
doc03
Dec 2012
#47
Complete lack of leadership for even trivial shit like this. This is about the 5th time we've gone
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#39
This is like dinosaurs arguing over how they like their tar pits. Change has come.
Romulox
Dec 2012
#44
Really? I believe that both sentences of that were perfectly understandable.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#71
OK. I thought there might have been a substantive point to discuss. Should've known! nt
Romulox
Dec 2012
#73
Yup. The idea that we are "saving money" when our money is fiat currency, printed at will, is silly
Romulox
Dec 2012
#68
When I was in Italy in the early 70's the smallest coin was a 10 lire piece-dime sized aluminum coin
hobbit709
Dec 2012
#46
Congress isn't considering this. THE MINT is. And I'll bet only men dislike coins. ;-)
WinkyDink
Dec 2012
#53
You know that your "money in the bank" is just an electronic notation on a computer, right?
Romulox
Dec 2012
#72