Comments on: Americans and the dollar coin http://www.bloggernews.net/14585 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:07:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Bonaparte http://www.bloggernews.net/14585#comment-478073 Bonaparte Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:28:46 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/14585#comment-478073 There’s this pretty amazing coin-holder that Canadians have been using for all their coins called Portsou™. It holds about 8 Presidential coins plus .25ct / .05 / .10 and pennies. Check it out www.portsou.com There’s this pretty amazing coin-holder that Canadians have been using for all their coins called Portsou™. It holds about 8 Presidential coins plus .25ct / .05 / .10 and pennies.

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]]> By: ideaman http://www.bloggernews.net/14585#comment-1510 ideaman Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:06:08 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/14585#comment-1510 Dollars to Dimes ... Insightful observation by jmeasley. I agree that these new dollars may become a big hit with collectors, which the Mint says now includes 30% of all Americans. I think the real reason Americans won't circulate these new dollar coins any more than the last two failed designs is that today's dollars have become the equivalent to dimes, in buying power, over the last two generations. A dollar is defined as "a weight measurement of gold or silver," but today a "dollar" is simply a measurement of our confidence in the U.S. government, Treasury and Federal Reserve. My best advice to readers is to move back onto a personal silver dollar and gold dollar standard ASAP, by converting as many paper dollars into "real dollars". In the long run it matters not what image or face value is on the coin, but rather what the content of the coin is. Welcome to the beginning of the coming triumph of substance over symbolism! -db Dollars to Dimes … Insightful observation by jmeasley. I agree that these new dollars may become a big hit with collectors, which the Mint says now includes 30% of all Americans. I think the real reason Americans won’t circulate these new dollar coins any more than the last two failed designs is that today’s dollars have become the equivalent to dimes, in buying power, over the last two generations. A dollar is defined as “a weight measurement of gold or silver,” but today a “dollar” is simply a measurement of our confidence in the U.S. government, Treasury and Federal Reserve. My best advice to readers is to move back onto a personal silver dollar and gold dollar standard ASAP, by converting as many paper dollars into “real dollars”. In the long run it matters not what image or face value is on the coin, but rather what the content of the coin is. Welcome to the beginning of the coming triumph of substance over symbolism! -db

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