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James Bond 007 wrote:
> Sorry about spelling error. People are "lazy", not "laze".
>
> "James Bond 007" <007@hmss.uk.gov> wrote in message news:...
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> "Rick Brandt" <rickbrandt2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:axrCh.29465$yC5.9949@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net...
> > The reason dollar coins are not popular is because COINS are not
> > popular. We put up with the others because we have to and the
> > majority of us carry them precisely as long as it takes to dump
> > them in a big container at the house.
> >
> > Dollar coins (of any shape and size) will catch on 100% the moment
> > they stop printing paper dollars.
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> Rick, that isn't entirely true. Dollar coins would be popular if
> vending machines took them. They do not. Vending machines have been
> modified to take dollar bills, not dollar coins. If the machines
> would have been modified to take the coins, the dollar coins would
> likely have become more popular. Maybe not mainstream, but more
> popular. At least useful enough for people to carry around to use in
> vending machines at work or in public places like malls, airports, or
> whatever.
We are only a few years away from vending machines that take plastic or let you
pay with a cell phone. These are already used in Europe and Japan. That will
spell the death of coins to a large degree (as well as the paper dollar).
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