General Circulation Trends (Us Vs Uk)

Yes they are a rarity in circulation, and no it doesn't look like a real change is coming anytime soon. In fact since they have so many of the dollar coins in storage because they don't circulate they have stopped making them for circulation now. If they had stopped the dollar note instead the government would have saved a bundle on the cost of printing them, the coins would have moved from storage into circulation, and coinage of the dollars would have continued which would have prevented the mint from operating at a loss this year.