Agreed. And if people find them hard to obtain at banks, the Mint offers free shipping and no surcharge on multiples of $250. (Due to abuse on credit card purchases for points, they don't accept credit cards anymore. Pay by check, money order or wire transfer). Get all the coin you want; let those of us who prefer paper bills have them. As the $1 bill lasts longer than $5, $10, and $20 bills, that arguement for coins falls apart unless you replace ALL the short-lived bills. Mint Free Shipping program on $250 orders: (Note they want you to order, they have nearly 10000 t of them in the basement already with more on the way)
http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&identifier=8100 --- On Wed, 8/17/11, Stanislav Jakuba <[email protected]> wrote: From: Stanislav Jakuba <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:50985] Re: Speaking of currency reform.... To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 7:30 PM Harry, I'd be darned if I sign. The dollar coin has been about for decades. Anyone who wants to have them has them and can pay with them. I am glad I am in a democracy where the majority preference has still been the rule, at least on this issue. The majority spoke: it loves paper money. The notion that printing the paper is more wasteful vs. melting and coining metal that requires train loads to destribute and produces holes in ones trousers is, apparently, not necessarily true. Think of the extra gasoline the world burns in cars accelerating and braking the extra mass in coins people carry with them. BTW, I love the fact, that unlike anywhere else, in the US I work with just 3 (three!) different coins: quarter, dime and nickel. I need to carry only four or five coins with me. I do not take pennies - leave them in the small jars that just about every cashier has. Often the casheir reciprocally pulls out some when I might need them and "pays" for me. But, let me be clear, I do bend down for a penny when I see one on the ground (it brings luck in the U.S.!); then I drop in into one of those litle jars. Stan J. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Harry Wyeth <[email protected]> wrote: OK, this is somewhat off topic, but I didn't start it. Here is something I sent to friends, which speaks for itself. Sign on if you wish--I hope you will. I guess I am incorrect on rounding "up" of prices in Australia. I never noticed on way or the other. I have wondered about the practice in China. Anyone know? HARRY WYETH -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Modernize American coinage/currency Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:50:06 -0700 From: Harry Wyeth <[email protected]> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Friends This is a new project. MoveOn.org asked readers to come up with ideas for progressive change. The one below is mine. I have no idea how this progresses, but if you agree with it, I would appreciate your adding your "signature". This is an idea that comes up from time to time, and would indeed make life a bit simpler for everyone. During our recent trip to Australia, we noticed the lack of pennies and the automatic rounding up or down of prices at stores to the nearest nickel. Same thing happens in Europe, and nowhere are there one dollar bills, which wear out rapidly and have to be continually printed. It will be interesting to see if this can accumulate a real number of signatures. The message below is the "canned" one that is automatically prepared by MoveOn. Thanks. HARRY Hi, American coinage and currency needs to be up to standards of the rest of the developed world. We need to eliminate pennies and one dollar bills, saving millions in mint and printing costs. The United States is almost alone in bothering with such small change, and at great cost to taxpayers. So I created a petition to The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate and President Barack Obama, which says: "Stop the production of dollar bills and pennies, substituting only five dollar notes and above, and dollar coins and nickels, dimes, and quarters." Will you sign this petition? Click here: http://signon.org/sign/modernize-american-coinagecu?source=c.em.mt&r_by=417290 Thanks!
