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In reply to the discussion: Congress Considers Doing Away With The $1 Bill [View all]doc03
(35,143 posts)13. If they want to do away with the dollar bill just quit making them.
I don't care if they do away with the dollar and the penny. If I remember right when I was in Germany 40 years ago they had 1 and 2 Mark coins and their bills started at 5.
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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