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chris319:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 10:28 AM\']All things being equal, I'd rather that the US Treasury spend the tax dollars that I pay to support it on something other than self-promotion on a game show.[/quote]
How does TPIR giving away $5,000 worth of nickels cost the government money?

The problem is, the prize would have to be awarded in nickels. What is a contestant going to do with 100,000 nickels? How are they going to be delivered to the contestant and once delivered, how is the contestant going to lug them around? Why does a new coin need to be "promoted" in the first place?

clemon79:
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 03:20 PM\'] How does TPIR giving away $5,000 worth of nickels cost the government money?

 [/quote]
 Why would TPiR do that promotion without some sort of renumeration from the Treasury?

--- Quote ---Why does a new coin need to be "promoted" in the first place?
--- End quote ---
Even better question.

That Don Guy:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 06:51 PM\']
--- Quote ---Why does a new coin need to be "promoted" in the first place?
--- End quote ---
Even better question. [/quote]
I can think of two reasons:
One, to inform people that a new coin is being circulated, so they don't think it's counterfeit;
Two, to get people will use it.  

Note that the "commemorative state quarters" did not need any promotions.

I for one was a little surprised the newest dollar coins weren't accepted more than they were (especially when they changed the color so they no longer looked like quarters).  It looks like the only way to get people to use dollar coins is to do what other countries did: simply stop making dollar bills, and pull the existing ones out of circulation.  True, some will still be floating around, but eventually the dollar coin will be forced into acceptance.  (When was the last time you saw a $1000 bill, which haven't been made in over 30 years?)

-- Don  (and then do the same thing with pennies, like Australia did in 1992)

clemon79:
[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Nov 11 2003, 02:31 PM\'] One, to inform people that a new coin is being circulated, so they don't think it's counterfeit;
Two, to get people will use it.  
 [/quote]
 Last I saw, the shows where information was disseminated to the people ran at 5, 5, 6, and 11PM, depending on where you live. The "spaying and neutering" thing is all fine and good 'cuz it's a cause Bob believes in. This is a freakin' nickle.


--- Quote ---I for one was a little surprised the newest dollar coins weren't accepted more than they were
--- End quote ---

Coin: heavy, bulky. Dollar bill: light, stores easily. Give me the paper every time.

And abolishing dollar bills sucks. It's a good way for foreign governments to take your money. When I went to Canada I came back with some bills and a pocketful of change, including some dollar coins. My bank (and most banks, as far as I know) will NOT TAKE coins when exchanging back to your home currency.

If people weren't so lazy and math-stupid, these change isssues wouldn't be issues at all.

zachhoran:
[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Nov 11 2003, 04:31 PM\']
(When was the last time you saw a $1000 bill, which haven't been made in over 30 years?)

 [/quote]
 On the 1984-86 run of LMAD, as I don't think the 1990 version showed the $1000 bills. MOnty did say the $5000 bill had been discontinued when one was seen in the "pick a bill from 1-9" deal on a couple of occasions on the 70s syndie version.

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