To all, There is absolutely no way that the new gold dollar coin will fly unless and until paper dollars are no longer printed. I think this should be obvious and self evident.
Norm Brian J White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 2001December30 12:52 Subject: [USMA:16941] Re: Coins (on topic?) > Well...in response to that, maybe that is exactly what the US Treasury and > Mint have in mind. While I see no direct Golden Dollar promotion anymore, > I also do not see the new design $1 bill. Remember in the past few years, > the new $100, $50, $20, $10, and even the $5 have been released. And it's > been at least 2-3 years since the new $5 came out. Still no new $1 bill. > Does this mean the Treasury and Mint are secretly planning to get rid of > the paper $1 bill? > > Could be. I find it suspicious that they haven't introduced a new style > bill, when all the other bills are new. > B > > At 12:37 12/30/2001 -0500, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > >> It is very disappointing. Somehow between them, the U.S. Mint and the > >> banking system have royally screwed up plans for introducing this coin in > >> the U.S. > >> > >> I trust the Euro coins will do better, starting Tuesday. > >> > > > >They will, because the countries introducing the Euro are doing what > >the US refuses to do. They are taking the old money out of circulation. > >If the US took the one dollar bill out of circulation, the golden dollar > >would come into widespread usage. > > > >Stephen > > > > >
