Why oh why is the US Mint attempting the dollar coin once again?
The Susan B. Anthony debacle wasn't enough.
The failure of the Sacagawea dollar coin to gain the expected popularity wasn't enough.
They're going back for more punishment -- at our expense.
When will the good folks at the Mint just admit that they get tired of making the same handful of coins (no pun intended!) day in and day out, and just want a change?
Maybe the Mint should adopt the Yu-Gi-Oh principle... make new cards coming out all the time that trump the old ones, so people HAVE to change. "I'm sorry, sir, you owe me more money. I have the Magic Card that makes all pre-2005, F-series bills lose half their buying power. Unless, of course, you have an Equip Card that will work with your 1999 state quarter. Then you can send my Magic Card to the graveyard."
Or we could just chuck it all and go to the Euro.
Just a thought.
BRILLIANT! We should just go to the Euro!
You're so funny and absolutely right .. the people at the mint are just bored.
Posted by: ~Kristie | March 02, 2007 at 01:30 PM
Oh beware of the Euro, it messed things up economywise BIG time. It was ugly. It spiraled downwards. They are slowly recovering, it will only take another few decades til things look up again over there. Yikes.
Posted by: Tine | March 02, 2007 at 04:38 PM
My backpack (or bag or purse depending on the day) is already heavy enough without carrying around coins rather than dollar bills! Even on a non-school day, I always have reading, knitting, etc., with me--coins would just drag me down.
However, I do think the Sacajawea coins are pretty and it is nice that women are being honored on some money--even if it is only coins.
Posted by: Holly of HollYarns | March 05, 2007 at 02:14 AM
Wow...you sound like you actually understand all of those Yu-Gi-Oh gaming concepts. That is scary. I still don't get it. LOL I'm more of a Naruto girl, myself. ;)
Posted by: Lisa | March 06, 2007 at 10:44 PM