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Why the US Keeps Minting Coins People Hate

Posted by samzenpus on from the how-I-learned-to-love-the-$1-coin dept.

CeruleanDragon writes "In hidden vaults across the country, the US government is building a stockpile of $1 coins. The hoard has topped $1.1bn — imagine a stack of coins reaching almost seven times higher than the International Space Station — and the piles have grown so large the US Federal Reserve is running out of storage space."

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  1. Railgun ammunition? by euyis · · Score: 3, Funny

    Imagine soldiers firing compact railguns with these dollars as ammo at the bad guys... extremly effective if the enemies run to pick up the coins.

  2. Re:Dumb coins by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

    Contrast this to the UK and EU

    You were doing so well up until that point. Don't you know it's unAmerican to do what other countries do, even if it's demonstrably superior?

    I can imagine the headline if theodp saw your post in a news story: "US plans to adopt Euro!".

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