Yes, their size was probably the reason why old-style halves disappeared (probably in conjunction with inflation, where "change" became a way of simply keeping transactions straight down to the nearest hundredth of a dollar).
Both dollar coins of the past 15 years or so (the Susan B. Anthony dollar of the early 90s and the Sacajawea dollar of today) seem to have been designed to a screwy set of rules. In particular, just about everywhere I go, people say they'd rather not deal with them, as they are too easily confused with quarters. (Heck, in the heat of paying for something, I've confused these coins for quarters!) Sometimes, it's hard not to believe the rules for dollar coin design weren't concocted by the "Preserve the Paper Dollar" contingent over at the Treasury Department.
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Date: 2005-03-05 06:03 pm (UTC)Both dollar coins of the past 15 years or so (the Susan B. Anthony dollar of the early 90s and the Sacajawea dollar of today) seem to have been designed to a screwy set of rules. In particular, just about everywhere I go, people say they'd rather not deal with them, as they are too easily confused with quarters. (Heck, in the heat of paying for something, I've confused these coins for quarters!) Sometimes, it's hard not to believe the rules for dollar coin design weren't concocted by the "Preserve the Paper Dollar" contingent over at the Treasury Department.
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