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Apparently, coins have pre-existed notes for ages (notes exist since the 18th Century) and those coins are so heavy and are not worth that much. When will we get rid of them? Could take a while.


and here the government is trying to get us to use coins instead of paper money, and they cite Europe as an example. However europe want to get rid of the coins LOL ;-) the reasoning for us is there is less upkeep on coins than with paper monies.

The Sacajawea coin has gone the way of the Susan B Anthony. I knew it would, I don; think it has anything to do with the coin being cumbersome but more to do with the fact that it does not follow the normal conventions so far for other coins.

Put Lincoln or Teddy Roosevelt on the dollar coin and it will circulate, otherwise it won't really register in peoples minds that "hey this is the new coin we are supposed to be using". People treat them like novelties if you put some minority figure head as a token n there.

-Justin Kelly