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For the first time the coin will also say "$1" instead of "One Dollar."

In addition to not wanting to offend atheists, it would seem that the mint is now pandering to illegals and other illiterates.

Too bad it's illegal to coin private money, lest we wouldn't have these silly problems.

I wouldn't doubt one bit what the agitators aren't trying to strip it from our money; they've been after it hot and heavy for the last few decades.

How about a little truth....like -"Totally worthless and having no intrinsic value". Cash is certainly handy, but any fiat currency is just another way to rob the accumulated wealth of working(poor,in absolute terms)people, who have the greatest part of their assets in cash, notes tied to the prime lending rate, or some stocks -all volatile and speculative. A floating currency benefits mainly the upper 1/2 percent of the richest folks in this country, and the multinationals they control by providing an economic incentive to transfer the real wealth (raw materials, foodstuffs, and highly manufactured finished products) overseas without serious economic penalties. A 5% drop in the value of a dollar vis-a-vis the euro or the yen is an incremental drop in profitability for unit sales which will probably be compensated for by an increased volume of sales and increased market share worldwide. This adversely affects the folks at the bottom of the economic ladder by devaluing not only the present value of their labor, but the past value; which they have received compensation for, but is being devalued post facto. This is before the effects of NAFTA and the GATT agreements which allow the free transfer of corporate wealth without hinderance or civil responsibility in the pursuit of profits, but do not allow the equally free movement of labor to pursue employment in an atmosphere of international labor arbitrage. This doesn't even begin to address the ill effects on the populations of the foreign countries on the receiving end of this market and currency manipulation.

Another sign that the end is, indeed, near.

Who actually uses dollar coins? Seems like 90% of these dollars coins like the Sack-whatevers end up being bought and sold on Ebay in cases or rolls or sold at outrageous markups on tv shopping channels.

These junk coins are a government scam to sell coins to the public so they can in turn pawn them off on some doofus who thinks they will actually be worth something if they sock them away until retirement. The only US dollar coin worth buying is the Silver Eagle. At least that has a chance of increasing in value though at $14/ounce silver is 3 times pricier than it was 10 years ago.

Uh, Van...

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