I agree that 'youth' should recognize the coins for what they are, but also feel that if people used them more we wouldn't have these problems. The only time I receive them is when buying a ticket for the subway everyday. In fact, I received a few last week, looked at them, and thought these look like play money - cheap and tacky. The gov't should drop the $1 paper bill and force the billions of these coins sitting in vaults to be released for usage. The are not convenient to use, while paper is lightweight. I never spend them either, they pile up in a jar and I roll them and return them to the bank.