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- NATION, Page 27American NotesMONEYSet Us Free, Susan B.
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- Each year the Treasury Department spends $318 million to
- shred worn-out dollar bills and replace them with fresh ones.
- New Mexico Republican Senator Pete Domenici thinks he has a
- better, if not new, idea. He has introduced a bill to create
- a dollar coin, stamped mainly out of copper (which, not
- coincidentally, is plentiful in his state). He predicts the
- coins will drive paper dollars out of circulation because they
- can be used so readily in vending machines. Moreover, they will
- last 20 years, vs. a life-span of only 18 months for paper
- bills.
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- But wait, wasn't the Susan B. Anthony dollar such a flop
- that it is no longer minted? Sure, concedes Domenici, but that
- was because people confused it with a quarter. His buck will
- be gold-colored, not silver. Says Domenici, whose proposal has
- 28 Senate co-sponsors: "Susan B. Anthony need not hold us
- hostage forever."
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