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coretj Valued Member United States 436 Posts	Posted 01/01/2010 3:22 pm Are they ever going to bring back the large US Dollar coins? Is there some sort of law saying that they can't make them at all? Report this Post to the Staff

ratman4762 Pillar of the Community United States 2520 Posts	Posted 01/01/2010 3:28 pm Quote: Are they ever going to bring back the large US Dollar coins? Is there some sort of law saying that they can't make them at all? The mint regularly makes large size commemorative silver dollars. I highly doubt that they will ever bring back a large size circulating dollar since the major complaint about the small size dollar is that people don't want the extra weight in their pockets. Report this Post to the Staff
coretj Valued Member United States 436 Posts	Posted 01/01/2010 3:31 pm well that kind of stinks.. maybe they will make a circulating $5 coin that is the size of the old silver dollars. Report this Post to the Staff
Adam_E Pillar of the Community United States 4846 Posts	Posted 01/01/2010 3:41 pm that would be very cool I wonder if they do what will be the disign Report this Post to the Staff
hockingzig Pillar of the Community United States 1450 Posts	Posted 01/01/2010 4:08 pm You need to remember that the "old"silver dollars were made of $1 worth of silver. A dollar was worth a lot then so, no need to carry a bunch of them around. We no longer care about the intrinsic(metal value)value of our coinage so there is no need to make large coins(which would cost much more to make).So, in short, don't expect any large coins soon. Report this Post to the Staff
Jays-Dad Pillar of the Community United States 790 Posts	Posted 01/01/2010 4:11 pm I've always thought that a $5 circulating coins, commemorating something like the states or the presidents, would make a lot of money for the mint. You know that many of us would grumble at a $5 set of circulating coins, but you know we'd save them. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 01/01/2010 7:59 pm I do not foresee the usage of a circulating large sized dollar ever again. Too many people complain about carrying around something the size of a small dollar(which is not much bigger than a quarter) and remember that the last time a large dollar circulated was over 30 years ago, it would never be accepted. Report this Post to the Staff
Terror Of Zanarkand Valued Member United States 317 Posts	Posted 01/01/2010 11:57 pm Sadly, I agree with everyone else. Aside from casino usage, the Eisenhower dollar was a failure. Aside from the aforementioned silver commemorative dollars, I think the large sized dollar is dead. Report this Post to the Staff
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