Bored with collecting quarters?
My husband will be interested in this story. He is collecting the state quarters and Roosevelt dimes. I'm all for things like this -- I like things like commemorative stamps and coins, though I'm not a collector.
Several years ago George Will wrote a column in which he suggested that US currency depict American writers and artists instead of political figures -- for example, Mark Twain on the one dollar bill.
I like the Sacagewea dollar coins too. I hope they're still around if I have the opportunity to give gifts of money to little children. Woudn't it be the coolest thing to find a shiny gold coin under your pillow or in your shoes or Christmas stocking?
Unfortunately, I suspect dollar coins will be widely accepted in the US only when the dollar bill is withdrawn from circulation -- tough love from the US Mint!
