I can't believe no one posted anything on this. What? Were you guysall waiting for me? (New $100 Bill Images) (I wonder if a new $500 bill wouldbe similar)

http://www.mydollarplan.com/new-100-dollar-bill/

I was a little disappointed with the back of the new $100 at first,
because I thought the low-vision numeral would be similar to the $10,
$20 and $50's, but now I grew to love both sides of the new $100 bill
and the $100 is now by far, my favorite of this series.

What sucks is, it is being released on Febuary 10 of 2011. I wonder
why so long, because they are likely just about to release the next
generation of U.S. currency. If the U.S. currency is going to be
redesigned every 7-10 years, 2011 when the new $100 bill comes out
will be 9 years since 2003, when the new colorized $20 bill came out,
so, following the release of the new $100 bill in 2011, we may be
hearing more about one of the already colorized denominations getting
a redesign again the following year in 2012, the 10 year mark.

I have heard a few things about the governement possibly changing the
size of all denomination paper money and probably the designs a bit
too, except the $1 and $2 bills. This really bothers me seeing as, I
live in a family of people with poor vision, and my mother can hardly
see without glasses, and has a hard time telling $1 and $2 bills apart
without her glasses unless they are right in her face. I myself am
20/400 vision in both eyes and can see all right, but am supposed to
wear glasses full time, but I only wear them when I drive or watch tv.
I just can't read things in the distance, but, in the future I may
depend on a different sized $2 bill. So I don't see why, if the
government does not want to redesign or change the size of the $1
bill, thats is all fine and dandy with me, but if all other
denominations are getting a redesign, as well as a resize, redesign
the damn $2 bill. I DO NOT want them to just stop printing $2s, I just
want them redesigned to make them more usable for those who use them.
Everything else, including the half dollar coin has a distinguishible
feature for the blind and visually impaired: its size. So, if the $1
and $2 bills remain the same size, and all other denominations will
change in size, the $2 bill would still be discrimitory against the
blind and visually impaired. Perhaps I should write THAT in a letter
to my government officials.

I wish they would just get rid of the rag $1 and $2 bucks.
Unfortunately, in the testimony I read, no denomination was considered
to be replaced with a coin, which is a real shame, because they could
really make a nice $2 coin distinguishible for the blind.

On Apr 30, 2:05*am, Drago the Wolf wrote:
http://www.mydollarplan.com/new-100-dollar-bill/

I was a little disappointed with the back of the new $100 at first,
because I thought the low-vision numeral would be similar to the $10,
$20 and $50's, but now I grew to love both sides of the new $100 bill
and the $100 is now by far, my favorite of this series.

What sucks is, it is being released on Febuary 10 of 2011. I wonder
why so long, because they are likely just about to release the next
generation of U.S. currency. If the U.S. currency is going to be
redesigned every 7-10 years, 2011 when the new $100 bill comes out
will be 9 years since 2003, when the new colorized $20 bill came out,
so, following the release of the new $100 bill in 2011, we may be
hearing more about one of the already colorized denominations getting
a redesign again the following year in 2012, the 10 year mark.

I have heard a few things about the governement possibly changing the
size of all denomination paper money and probably the designs a bit
too, except the $1 and $2 bills. This really bothers me seeing as, I
live in a family of people with poor vision, and my mother can hardly
see without glasses, and has a hard time telling $1 and $2 bills apart
without her glasses unless they are right in her face. I myself am
20/400 vision in both eyes and can see all right, but am supposed to
wear glasses full time, but I only wear them when I drive or watch tv.
I just can't read things in the distance, but, in the future I may
depend on a different sized $2 bill. So I don't see why, if the
government does not want to redesign or change the size of the $1
bill, thats is all fine and dandy with me, but if all other
denominations are getting a redesign, as well as a resize, redesign
the damn $2 bill. I DO NOT want them to just stop printing $2s, I just
want them redesigned to make them more usable for those who use them.
Everything else, including the half dollar coin has a distinguishible
feature for the blind and visually impaired: its size. So, if the $1
and $2 bills remain the same size, and all other denominations will
change in size, the $2 bill would still be discrimitory against the
blind and visually impaired. Perhaps I should write THAT in a letter
to my government officials.

I wish they would just get rid of the rag $1 and $2 bucks.
Unfortunately, in the testimony I read, no denomination was considered
to be replaced with a coin, which is a real shame, because they could
really make a nice $2 coin distinguishible for the blind.

Well I guess you can post if you want too, as long as I don't have
hear about anymore cats and dogs on coins or currency, and please get
rid of the $1 coins and replace them with some kinda design that is
presentable and tasteful.

"sgt23" wrote in message
...
On Apr 30, 2:05 am, Drago the Wolf wrote:
http://www.mydollarplan.com/new-100-dollar-bill/

I was a little disappointed with the back of the new $100 at first,
because I thought the low-vision numeral would be similar to the $10,
$20 and $50's, but now I grew to love both sides of the new $100 bill
and the $100 is now by far, my favorite of this series.

What sucks is, it is being released on Febuary 10 of 2011. I wonder
why so long, because they are likely just about to release the next
generation of U.S. currency. If the U.S. currency is going to be
redesigned every 7-10 years, 2011 when the new $100 bill comes out
will be 9 years since 2003, when the new colorized $20 bill came out,
so, following the release of the new $100 bill in 2011, we may be
hearing more about one of the already colorized denominations getting
a redesign again the following year in 2012, the 10 year mark.

I have heard a few things about the governement possibly changing the
size of all denomination paper money and probably the designs a bit
too, except the $1 and $2 bills. This really bothers me seeing as, I
live in a family of people with poor vision, and my mother can hardly
see without glasses, and has a hard time telling $1 and $2 bills apart
without her glasses unless they are right in her face. I myself am
20/400 vision in both eyes and can see all right, but am supposed to
wear glasses full time, but I only wear them when I drive or watch tv.
I just can't read things in the distance, but, in the future I may
depend on a different sized $2 bill. So I don't see why, if the
government does not want to redesign or change the size of the $1
bill, thats is all fine and dandy with me, but if all other
denominations are getting a redesign, as well as a resize, redesign
the damn $2 bill. I DO NOT want them to just stop printing $2s, I just
want them redesigned to make them more usable for those who use them.
Everything else, including the half dollar coin has a distinguishible
feature for the blind and visually impaired: its size. So, if the $1
and $2 bills remain the same size, and all other denominations will
change in size, the $2 bill would still be discrimitory against the
blind and visually impaired. Perhaps I should write THAT in a letter
to my government officials.

I wish they would just get rid of the rag $1 and $2 bucks.
Unfortunately, in the testimony I read, no denomination was considered
to be replaced with a coin, which is a real shame, because they could
really make a nice $2 coin distinguishible for the blind.

Well I guess you can post if you want too, as long as I don't have
hear about anymore cats and dogs on coins or currency, and please get
rid of the $1 coins and replace them with some kinda design that is
presentable and tasteful.
===

Like, for instance......? Roast duck with lemon glaze?

On Apr 30, 8:49*am, "Bruce Remick" wrote:
"sgt23" wrote in message

...
On Apr 30, 2:05 am, Drago the Wolf wrote:



http://www.mydollarplan.com/new-100-dollar-bill/

I was a little disappointed with the back of the new $100 at first,
because I thought the low-vision numeral would be similar to the $10,
$20 and $50's, but now I grew to love both sides of the new $100 bill
and the $100 is now by far, my favorite of this series.

What sucks is, it is being released on Febuary 10 of 2011. I wonder
why so long, because they are likely just about to release the next
generation of U.S. currency. If the U.S. currency is going to be
redesigned every 7-10 years, 2011 when the new $100 bill comes out
will be 9 years since 2003, when the new colorized $20 bill came out,
so, following the release of the new $100 bill in 2011, we may be
hearing more about one of the already colorized denominations getting
a redesign again the following year in 2012, the 10 year mark.

I have heard a few things about the governement possibly changing the
size of all denomination paper money and probably the designs a bit
too, except the $1 and $2 bills. This really bothers me seeing as, I
live in a family of people with poor vision, and my mother can hardly
see without glasses, and has a hard time telling $1 and $2 bills apart
without her glasses unless they are right in her face. I myself am
20/400 vision in both eyes and can see all right, but am supposed to
wear glasses full time, but I only wear them when I drive or watch tv.
I just can't read things in the distance, but, in the future I may
depend on a different sized $2 bill. So I don't see why, if the
government does not want to redesign or change the size of the $1
bill, thats is all fine and dandy with me, but if all other
denominations are getting a redesign, as well as a resize, redesign
the damn $2 bill. I DO NOT want them to just stop printing $2s, I just
want them redesigned to make them more usable for those who use them.
Everything else, including the half dollar coin has a distinguishible
feature for the blind and visually impaired: its size. So, if the $1
and $2 bills remain the same size, and all other denominations will
change in size, the $2 bill would still be discrimitory against the
blind and visually impaired. Perhaps I should write THAT in a letter
to my government officials.

I wish they would just get rid of the rag $1 and $2 bucks.
Unfortunately, in the testimony I read, no denomination was considered
to be replaced with a coin, which is a real shame, because they could
really make a nice $2 coin distinguishible for the blind.

Well I guess you can post if you want too, as long as I don't have
hear about anymore cats and dogs on coins or currency, and please get
rid of the $1 coins and replace them with some kinda design that is
presentable and tasteful.
===

Like, for instance......? * * Roast duck with lemon glaze?

Hey it beats the crap we have on our coins now.

"sgt23" wrote in message
...
On Apr 30, 8:49 am, "Bruce Remick" wrote:
"sgt23" wrote in message

...
On Apr 30, 2:05 am, Drago the Wolf wrote:



http://www.mydollarplan.com/new-100-dollar-bill/

I was a little disappointed with the back of the new $100 at first,
because I thought the low-vision numeral would be similar to the $10,
$20 and $50's, but now I grew to love both sides of the new $100 bill
and the $100 is now by far, my favorite of this series.

What sucks is, it is being released on Febuary 10 of 2011. I wonder
why so long, because they are likely just about to release the next
generation of U.S. currency. If the U.S. currency is going to be
redesigned every 7-10 years, 2011 when the new $100 bill comes out
will be 9 years since 2003, when the new colorized $20 bill came out,
so, following the release of the new $100 bill in 2011, we may be
hearing more about one of the already colorized denominations getting
a redesign again the following year in 2012, the 10 year mark.

I have heard a few things about the governement possibly changing the
size of all denomination paper money and probably the designs a bit
too, except the $1 and $2 bills. This really bothers me seeing as, I
live in a family of people with poor vision, and my mother can hardly
see without glasses, and has a hard time telling $1 and $2 bills apart
without her glasses unless they are right in her face. I myself am
20/400 vision in both eyes and can see all right, but am supposed to
wear glasses full time, but I only wear them when I drive or watch tv.
I just can't read things in the distance, but, in the future I may
depend on a different sized $2 bill. So I don't see why, if the
government does not want to redesign or change the size of the $1
bill, thats is all fine and dandy with me, but if all other
denominations are getting a redesign, as well as a resize, redesign
the damn $2 bill. I DO NOT want them to just stop printing $2s, I just
want them redesigned to make them more usable for those who use them.
Everything else, including the half dollar coin has a distinguishible
feature for the blind and visually impaired: its size. So, if the $1
and $2 bills remain the same size, and all other denominations will
change in size, the $2 bill would still be discrimitory against the
blind and visually impaired. Perhaps I should write THAT in a letter
to my government officials.

I wish they would just get rid of the rag $1 and $2 bucks.
Unfortunately, in the testimony I read, no denomination was considered
to be replaced with a coin, which is a real shame, because they could
really make a nice $2 coin distinguishible for the blind.

Well I guess you can post if you want too, as long as I don't have
hear about anymore cats and dogs on coins or currency, and please get
rid of the $1 coins and replace them with some kinda design that is
presentable and tasteful.
===

Like, for instance......? Roast duck with lemon glaze?

Hey it beats the crap we have on our coins now.
======

Do you really believe that non-collectors actually look to examine the
design of the coins they spend? As long as they see it's a quarter, dime,
etc., they couldn't care less what's on it when they spend it. As
collectors, many of us tend to get emotional about new coin designs (along
with old ones) and usually are eager to voice our opinions about each new
one. If you don't care for the subjects on our dollar coins, I doubt you
encounter them that often to worry about it.

On Apr 30, 10:24*pm, "Bruce Remick" wrote:
"sgt23" wrote in message

...
On Apr 30, 8:49 am, "Bruce Remick" wrote:



"sgt23" wrote in message

....
On Apr 30, 2:05 am, Drago the Wolf wrote:

http://www.mydollarplan.com/new-100-dollar-bill/

I was a little disappointed with the back of the new $100 at first,
because I thought the low-vision numeral would be similar to the $10,
$20 and $50's, but now I grew to love both sides of the new $100 bill
and the $100 is now by far, my favorite of this series.

What sucks is, it is being released on Febuary 10 of 2011. I wonder
why so long, because they are likely just about to release the next
generation of U.S. currency. If the U.S. currency is going to be
redesigned every 7-10 years, 2011 when the new $100 bill comes out
will be 9 years since 2003, when the new colorized $20 bill came out,
so, following the release of the new $100 bill in 2011, we may be
hearing more about one of the already colorized denominations getting
a redesign again the following year in 2012, the 10 year mark.

I have heard a few things about the governement possibly changing the
size of all denomination paper money and probably the designs a bit
too, except the $1 and $2 bills. This really bothers me seeing as, I
live in a family of people with poor vision, and my mother can hardly
see without glasses, and has a hard time telling $1 and $2 bills apart
without her glasses unless they are right in her face. I myself am
20/400 vision in both eyes and can see all right, but am supposed to
wear glasses full time, but I only wear them when I drive or watch tv..
I just can't read things in the distance, but, in the future I may
depend on a different sized $2 bill. So I don't see why, if the
government does not want to redesign or change the size of the $1
bill, thats is all fine and dandy with me, but if all other
denominations are getting a redesign, as well as a resize, redesign
the damn $2 bill. I DO NOT want them to just stop printing $2s, I just
want them redesigned to make them more usable for those who use them.
Everything else, including the half dollar coin has a distinguishible
feature for the blind and visually impaired: its size. So, if the $1
and $2 bills remain the same size, and all other denominations will
change in size, the $2 bill would still be discrimitory against the
blind and visually impaired. Perhaps I should write THAT in a letter
to my government officials.

I wish they would just get rid of the rag $1 and $2 bucks.
Unfortunately, in the testimony I read, no denomination was considered
to be replaced with a coin, which is a real shame, because they could
really make a nice $2 coin distinguishible for the blind.

Well I guess you can post if you want too, as long as I don't have
hear about anymore cats and dogs on coins or currency, and please get
rid of the $1 coins and replace them with some kinda design that is
presentable and tasteful.
===

Like, for instance......? Roast duck with lemon glaze?

Hey it beats the crap we have on our coins now.
======

Do you really believe that non-collectors actually look to examine the
design of the coins they spend? *As long as they see it's a quarter, dime,
etc., they couldn't care less what's on it when they spend it. *As
collectors, many of us tend to get emotional about new coin designs (along
with old ones) and usually are eager to voice our opinions about each new
one. *If you don't care for the subjects on our dollar coins, I doubt you
encounter them that often to worry about it.

No, I can't say I've received many dollar coins change, but I lay this
fault at the feet of the mint. It's just that I feel the mint should
have more pride in the job they do, and they shouldn't run the mint
just for profit only, but too show what we as a country are capable of
doing. I know most of you guys don't have same views that I do. Though
that is okay, because that is one things that is still great about
this country we live in. We have right to opinions and ideals, and we
can take them and mix those ideals and opinion's too come up with
something close to perfection. In my experience's in life, I've
learned that it doesn't take just one great mind too make something
work to perfection, but many. Now if we could just get the mint and
government too understand that. JMHO for what ever that is worth
"probably not much".

Drago the Wolf wrote:
http://www.mydollarplan.com/new-100-dollar-bill/

I was a little disappointed with the back of the new $100 at first,
because I thought the low-vision numeral would be similar to the $10,
$20 and $50's, but now I grew to love both sides of the new $100 bill
and the $100 is now by far, my favorite of this series.

What sucks is, it is being released on Febuary 10 of 2011. I wonder
why so long, because they are likely just about to release the next
generation of U.S. currency. If the U.S. currency is going to be
redesigned every 7-10 years, 2011 when the new $100 bill comes out
will be 9 years since 2003, when the new colorized $20 bill came out,
so, following the release of the new $100 bill in 2011, we may be
hearing more about one of the already colorized denominations getting
a redesign again the following year in 2012, the 10 year mark.

I have heard a few things about the governement possibly changing the
size of all denomination paper money and probably the designs a bit
too, except the $1 and $2 bills. This really bothers me seeing as, I
live in a family of people with poor vision, and my mother can hardly
see without glasses, and has a hard time telling $1 and $2 bills apart
without her glasses unless they are right in her face. I myself am
20/400 vision in both eyes and can see all right, but am supposed to
wear glasses full time, but I only wear them when I drive or watch tv.
I just can't read things in the distance, but, in the future I may
depend on a different sized $2 bill. So I don't see why, if the
government does not want to redesign or change the size of the $1
bill, thats is all fine and dandy with me, but if all other
denominations are getting a redesign, as well as a resize, redesign
the damn $2 bill. I DO NOT want them to just stop printing $2s, I just
want them redesigned to make them more usable for those who use them.
Everything else, including the half dollar coin has a distinguishible
feature for the blind and visually impaired: its size. So, if the $1
and $2 bills remain the same size, and all other denominations will
change in size, the $2 bill would still be discrimitory against the
blind and visually impaired. Perhaps I should write THAT in a letter
to my government officials.

Regarding vision-impaired users and bank notes, the USA has finally taken a
lesson from the UK which has had bank notes of different sizes for different
denominations for decades. Similarly for the euro.


I wish they would just get rid of the rag $1 and $2 bucks.
Unfortunately, in the testimony I read, no denomination was considered
to be replaced with a coin, which is a real shame, because they could
really make a nice $2 coin distinguishible for the blind.

Much the same sentimentality was widely expressed in the UK 28 years ago
when the pound note was replaced by the pound coin. There was a lot of
opposition to doing away with it; you would have thought they were proposing
to murder babies or something.

For some reason (presumably there were thought to be votes in it)
politicians in the USA were opposed to replacement of the $1 by a coin, and
when you did get one it looked like a quarter. Eventually that was fixed,
except that apparently the note and coin circulate side by side.

The average life of a circulating $1 note must be a few weeks at most.
There are still 1983 1 pound coins circulating in the UK. The coin is far
cheaper to make when you factor in the lifetime factor.

--
Mike Dworetsky

(Remove pants sp*mbl*ck to reply)

"Mike Dworetsky" wrote in message
...
Drago the Wolf wrote:
http://www.mydollarplan.com/new-100-dollar-bill/

I was a little disappointed with the back of the new $100 at first,
because I thought the low-vision numeral would be similar to the $10,
$20 and $50's, but now I grew to love both sides of the new $100 bill
and the $100 is now by far, my favorite of this series.

What sucks is, it is being released on Febuary 10 of 2011. I wonder
why so long, because they are likely just about to release the next
generation of U.S. currency. If the U.S. currency is going to be
redesigned every 7-10 years, 2011 when the new $100 bill comes out
will be 9 years since 2003, when the new colorized $20 bill came out,
so, following the release of the new $100 bill in 2011, we may be
hearing more about one of the already colorized denominations getting
a redesign again the following year in 2012, the 10 year mark.

I have heard a few things about the governement possibly changing the
size of all denomination paper money and probably the designs a bit
too, except the $1 and $2 bills. This really bothers me seeing as, I
live in a family of people with poor vision, and my mother can hardly
see without glasses, and has a hard time telling $1 and $2 bills apart
without her glasses unless they are right in her face. I myself am
20/400 vision in both eyes and can see all right, but am supposed to
wear glasses full time, but I only wear them when I drive or watch tv.
I just can't read things in the distance, but, in the future I may
depend on a different sized $2 bill. So I don't see why, if the
government does not want to redesign or change the size of the $1
bill, thats is all fine and dandy with me, but if all other
denominations are getting a redesign, as well as a resize, redesign
the damn $2 bill. I DO NOT want them to just stop printing $2s, I just
want them redesigned to make them more usable for those who use them.
Everything else, including the half dollar coin has a distinguishible
feature for the blind and visually impaired: its size. So, if the $1
and $2 bills remain the same size, and all other denominations will
change in size, the $2 bill would still be discrimitory against the
blind and visually impaired. Perhaps I should write THAT in a letter
to my government officials.

Regarding vision-impaired users and bank notes, the USA has finally taken
a lesson from the UK which has had bank notes of different sizes for
different denominations for decades. Similarly for the euro.


I wish they would just get rid of the rag $1 and $2 bucks.
Unfortunately, in the testimony I read, no denomination was considered
to be replaced with a coin, which is a real shame, because they could
really make a nice $2 coin distinguishible for the blind.

Much the same sentimentality was widely expressed in the UK 28 years ago
when the pound note was replaced by the pound coin. There was a lot of
opposition to doing away with it; you would have thought they were
proposing to murder babies or something.

For some reason (presumably there were thought to be votes in it)
politicians in the USA were opposed to replacement of the $1 by a coin,
and when you did get one it looked like a quarter. Eventually that was
fixed, except that apparently the note and coin circulate side by side.

The average life of a circulating $1 note must be a few weeks at most.
There are still 1983 1 pound coins circulating in the UK. The coin is far
cheaper to make when you factor in the lifetime factor.

The paper note is made from a renewable source while clad metal coins are
not. How much money would really be saved by eliminating the $1 bill while
continuing to print $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills? Plus millions
of unused $1 coins. So far, no need for the expense of a security redesign
of the $1 bill either. BTW, are the latest plastic bills made from oil?

In the US, there likely are loads of one dollar coins remaining in storage
from 1979 that won't circulate largely because people don't care to use
them. Nowadays, people don't handle coins often enough for them to wear
out. Fifty years ago, it was common to receive well worn coins in change.
Today it's common to find fifty-year-old coins showing minimal wear among
your change, coins that would likely last another fifty years.

Bruce Remick wrote:
"Mike Dworetsky" wrote in message
...
Drago the Wolf wrote:
http://www.mydollarplan.com/new-100-dollar-bill/

I was a little disappointed with the back of the new $100 at first,
because I thought the low-vision numeral would be similar to the
$10, $20 and $50's, but now I grew to love both sides of the new
$100 bill and the $100 is now by far, my favorite of this series.

What sucks is, it is being released on Febuary 10 of 2011. I wonder
why so long, because they are likely just about to release the next
generation of U.S. currency. If the U.S. currency is going to be
redesigned every 7-10 years, 2011 when the new $100 bill comes out
will be 9 years since 2003, when the new colorized $20 bill came
out, so, following the release of the new $100 bill in 2011, we may
be hearing more about one of the already colorized denominations
getting a redesign again the following year in 2012, the 10 year
mark. I have heard a few things about the governement possibly changing
the size of all denomination paper money and probably the designs a
bit too, except the $1 and $2 bills. This really bothers me seeing
as, I live in a family of people with poor vision, and my mother
can hardly see without glasses, and has a hard time telling $1 and
$2 bills apart without her glasses unless they are right in her
face. I myself am 20/400 vision in both eyes and can see all right,
but am supposed to wear glasses full time, but I only wear them
when I drive or watch tv. I just can't read things in the distance,
but, in the future I may depend on a different sized $2 bill. So I
don't see why, if the government does not want to redesign or
change the size of the $1 bill, thats is all fine and dandy with
me, but if all other denominations are getting a redesign, as well
as a resize, redesign the damn $2 bill. I DO NOT want them to just
stop printing $2s, I just want them redesigned to make them more
usable for those who use them. Everything else, including the half
dollar coin has a distinguishible feature for the blind and
visually impaired: its size. So, if the $1 and $2 bills remain the
same size, and all other denominations will change in size, the $2
bill would still be discrimitory against the blind and visually
impaired. Perhaps I should write THAT in a letter to my government
officials.

Regarding vision-impaired users and bank notes, the USA has finally
taken a lesson from the UK which has had bank notes of different
sizes for different denominations for decades. Similarly for the
euro.

I wish they would just get rid of the rag $1 and $2 bucks.
Unfortunately, in the testimony I read, no denomination was
considered to be replaced with a coin, which is a real shame,
because they could really make a nice $2 coin distinguishible for
the blind.

Much the same sentimentality was widely expressed in the UK 28 years
ago when the pound note was replaced by the pound coin. There was
a lot of opposition to doing away with it; you would have thought
they were proposing to murder babies or something.

For some reason (presumably there were thought to be votes in it)
politicians in the USA were opposed to replacement of the $1 by a
coin, and when you did get one it looked like a quarter. Eventually
that was fixed, except that apparently the note and coin circulate
side by side. The average life of a circulating $1 note must be a few
weeks at
most. There are still 1983 1 pound coins circulating in the UK. The
coin is far cheaper to make when you factor in the lifetime factor.

The paper note is made from a renewable source while clad metal coins
are not. How much money would really be saved by eliminating the $1
bill while continuing to print $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills?
Plus millions of unused $1 coins. So far, no need for the expense
of a security redesign of the $1 bill either. BTW, are the latest
plastic bills made from oil?

It's not the material cost of the ingredients that is an unnecessary
expense, but the cost of making new ones at frequent intervals. It costs
far more to print money than to come up with the raw materials, expecially
if you replace them every few weeks (people to choose notes for retirement,
furnaces, presses, plates, cutting machines, people to handle the notes and
package them for banks, etc). I understand that the UK saved substantial
costs by changing completely to minting £1 and £2 coins (there was never a
£2 note), eliminating the need for low denomination paper. The coins are
fully accepted now and have been since shortly after introduction.

Let me check, are $2 notes now regularly used in circulation?


In the US, there likely are loads of one dollar coins remaining in
storage from 1979 that won't circulate largely because people don't
care to use them. Nowadays, people don't handle coins often enough
for them to wear out. Fifty years ago, it was common to receive well
worn coins in change. Today it's common to find fifty-year-old coins
showing minimal wear among your change, coins that would likely last
another fifty years.

Cash is gradually on its way out but I think it will be a while yet. Those
coins were unattractive (and could be mistaken for a quarter).

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Drago the Wolf wrote:
http://www.mydollarplan.com/new-100-dollar-bill/

I was a little disappointed with the back of the new $100 at first,
because I thought the low-vision numeral would be similar to the
$10, $20 and $50's, but now I grew to love both sides of the new
$100 bill and the $100 is now by far, my favorite of this series.

What sucks is, it is being released on Febuary 10 of 2011. I wonder
why so long, because they are likely just about to release the next
generation of U.S. currency. If the U.S. currency is going to be
redesigned every 7-10 years, 2011 when the new $100 bill comes out
will be 9 years since 2003, when the new colorized $20 bill came
out, so, following the release of the new $100 bill in 2011, we may
be hearing more about one of the already colorized denominations
getting a redesign again the following year in 2012, the 10 year
mark. I have heard a few things about the governement possibly changing
the size of all denomination paper money and probably the designs a
bit too, except the $1 and $2 bills. This really bothers me seeing
as, I live in a family of people with poor vision, and my mother
can hardly see without glasses, and has a hard time telling $1 and
$2 bills apart without her glasses unless they are right in her
face. I myself am 20/400 vision in both eyes and can see all right,
but am supposed to wear glasses full time, but I only wear them
when I drive or watch tv. I just can't read things in the distance,
but, in the future I may depend on a different sized $2 bill. So I
don't see why, if the government does not want to redesign or
change the size of the $1 bill, thats is all fine and dandy with
me, but if all other denominations are getting a redesign, as well
as a resize, redesign the damn $2 bill. I DO NOT want them to just
stop printing $2s, I just want them redesigned to make them more
usable for those who use them. Everything else, including the half
dollar coin has a distinguishible feature for the blind and
visually impaired: its size. So, if the $1 and $2 bills remain the
same size, and all other denominations will change in size, the $2
bill would still be discrimitory against the blind and visually
impaired. Perhaps I should write THAT in a letter to my government
officials.

Regarding vision-impaired users and bank notes, the USA has finally
taken a lesson from the UK which has had bank notes of different
sizes for different denominations for decades. Similarly for the
euro.

I wish they would just get rid of the rag $1 and $2 bucks.
Unfortunately, in the testimony I read, no denomination was
considered to be replaced with a coin, which is a real shame,
because they could really make a nice $2 coin distinguishible for
the blind.

Much the same sentimentality was widely expressed in the UK 28 years
ago when the pound note was replaced by the pound coin. There was
a lot of opposition to doing away with it; you would have thought
they were proposing to murder babies or something.

For some reason (presumably there were thought to be votes in it)
politicians in the USA were opposed to replacement of the $1 by a
coin, and when you did get one it looked like a quarter. Eventually
that was fixed, except that apparently the note and coin circulate
side by side. The average life of a circulating $1 note must be a few
weeks at
most. There are still 1983 1 pound coins circulating in the UK. The
coin is far cheaper to make when you factor in the lifetime factor.

The paper note is made from a renewable source while clad metal coins
are not. How much money would really be saved by eliminating the $1
bill while continuing to print $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills?
Plus millions of unused $1 coins. So far, no need for the expense
of a security redesign of the $1 bill either. BTW, are the latest
plastic bills made from oil?

It's not the material cost of the ingredients that is an unnecessary
expense, but the cost of making new ones at frequent intervals. It costs
far more to print money than to come up with the raw materials, expecially
if you replace them every few weeks (people to choose notes for
retirement, furnaces, presses, plates, cutting machines, people to handle
the notes and package them for banks, etc). I understand that the UK
saved substantial costs by changing completely to minting £1 and £2 coins
(there was never a £2 note), eliminating the need for low denomination
paper. The coins are fully accepted now and have been since shortly after
introduction.

I would expect the savings from dropping the $1 bill to be minimal,
considering that BEP will still be printing five or six other denominations
on the same presses. People will still be required to choose higher
denomination notes for retirement and all the other things that go with
paper money. It's hard for me to accept that in the real world the dollar
bill only lasts a few weeks. This is an "average" that seldom matches
reality.

Obviously, a dollar coin will survive in circulation much longer than a
dollar bill. I have no doubt that if the bill were eliminated, the dollar
coin would circulate much more widely than it does now. My doubts lie
mostly with the oft predicted great savings achieved by dropping the dollar
bill per se.


Let me check, are $2 notes now regularly used in circulation?

Do banks have them? Many do and will provide them if asked. Will you ever
receive one in change? Highly unlikely. Are $2 notes regularly used in
circulation? No.



In the US, there likely are loads of one dollar coins remaining in
storage from 1979 that won't circulate largely because people don't
care to use them. Nowadays, people don't handle coins often enough
for them to wear out. Fifty years ago, it was common to receive well
worn coins in change. Today it's common to find fifty-year-old coins
showing minimal wear among your change, coins that would likely last
another fifty years.

Cash is gradually on its way out but I think it will be a while yet.
Those coins were unattractive (and could be mistaken for a quarter).

Mike, I think that's one liklihood that the government seems to be ignoring.
Dollar coins may never wear out because they won't be handled as much in the
future as some might presume. The widely-used (clad) quarter has been
around for almost fifty years yet you will rarely encounter a truly worn
one. You're just as apt to receive a 1965 as a 2005 in change. As
inflation continues and prices rise accordingly, and with increased use of
non-cash methods of payment, the need for small denomination coins should
continue to become less of a factor.