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Re:US could save $4.4B by dumping paper $1 bill for coin by jdietrich on Wednesday February 15, 2012 @08:07PM (#3596945)
Britain, Australia, Japan and Switzerland each have four coins in circulation with greater value than the US quarter. The Eurozone has three. It's hard to find a highly developed country that doesn't have at least one higher-value coin.

It seems weird that the interests of cotton growers, bill printers and strip clubs seem to outweigh the interests of the rest of the US.

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Re:US could save $4.4B by dumping paper $1 bill for coin by waqf on Wednesday February 15, 2012 @08:24PM (#3596976)
I only count three Australian coins: the 20ยข isn't yet worth more than a US quarter though it's getting disturbingly close.
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