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Re:Swapping US $1 bills to coins would save 5.5b over 30yrs by georgieporgie on Saturday March 05, 2011 @12:18AM (#2290880)
I would love to know who had the brilliant idea of making the $1 coin so very similar to the quarter.
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Re:Swapping US $1 bills to coins would save 5.5b over 30yrs by jonknee on Saturday March 05, 2011 @12:46AM (#2290917)
It's not that similar. There are no ridges, I've never had a hard time telling them apart. The Susan B Anthony coin was pretty badly designed, with both ridges and silver color.
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Re:Swapping US $1 bills to coins would save 5.5b over 30yrs by georgieporgie on Saturday March 05, 2011 @03:38AM (#2291102)
A $1 coin should be more along the lines of the British Pound. It needs a nice, reassuring heft that tells you, "yes, guy who won't adopt metric, this really is a dollar."
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Re:Swapping US $1 bills to coins would save 5.5b over 30yrs by stretchwithme on Saturday March 05, 2011 @12:38AM (#2290912)
Agreed. They should square, triangular or spherical so there is no confusion. :-)
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Re:Swapping US $1 bills to coins would save 5.5b over 30yrs by astrodust on Saturday March 05, 2011 @03:28AM (#2291090)
Spherical coins would be interesting.
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