Dear Paul, Joe, and All,
Ditto for Australia. The introduction of the one dollar and two dollar coins
was immediately followed by withdrawal of the two notes. Subsequent
plasticising of the 'paper' notes has meant that the pressure is now off to
change the five dollar note to a coin.
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Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
CAMS - Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist
- United States Metric Association
ASM - Accredited Speaking Member
- National Speakers Association of Australia
Member, International Federation for Professional Speakers
on 2001/07/28 09.07, Joseph B. Reid at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Paul Trusten wrote in USMA 14635:
>
>> I feel that discussing the failure of the Sacagawea dollar coin on this
>> listserv is relevant to our cause, since it represents the unwillingness
>> of Americans to enact an important change, especially if that change
>> that will run counter to their conventional ignorance.
>>
>> Has anybody on this list, in the US, and not in a Wal-Mart or an IHOP
>> (they are, or were, running promotions on this),received one or more
>> Sacagawea dollar coins in change? Since the coin was launched in January
>> of 2000, I have never received this coin in change or from an
>> individual.
>>
>> Believing that the people have been ripped off by expenditure of tax
>> dollars to develop and launch the coin, immediately followed the total
>> failure of this coin to circulate, I wrote to the US Treasury Inspector
>> General's office asking them if they think there is some kind of loss or
>> inequity at the US Mint. They did write back to say that this question
>> is Mint business and forwarded my letter to the Mint (yeah, what the
>> heck good is an Inspector General? He's supposed to INSPECT!). That was
>> in February.
>
>
> A few years ago the Bank of Canada, in the interest of economy, introduced
> one- dollar and two-dollar coins. One-dollar and two-dollar notes were
> completely withdrawn from circulation in a few months. The economy results
> from the fact that coins have a much, much longer life than bills. There
> was no public consultation, and so far as I am aware, there was no public
> protest.
>
> Joseph B. Reid
> 17 Glebe Road West
> Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
>
