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Warren DeMontague

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7. I think both the Susan B Anthony and Sacajawea dollar coins are/were intended as general circulation

Reply to sdfernando (Reply #6)

Fri Apr 3, 2015, 10:47 PM

Apr 2015

I got a bunch of Sacajawea dollars as change a few weeks ago.

The problem isnt the intent, ie circulation v. Collectible, it's that Americans still arent by and large into the idea of dollar coins as opposed to singles as bills.

And the faces on the bills- washington, lincoln, hamilton, jackson, grant etc. are pretty well established. Bumping one of them would be a tougher sell, politically.

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