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ninjapirate42 said:
Augen said:
If I were to change US currency I'd do the following things.

1. Abolish the penny and nickel, they cost more than they are worth. Also abolish the quarter and create a .50 coin. Round everything up to .00 or .10
2. Abolish the one dollar bill, replace with a one dollar coin (we already have one) as coins last longer
3. Change "paper" currency to polymer model similar to Australia for longer lasting currency.

So you'd have dimes, half dollars, and dollar coins. Five dollar, ten dollar, twenty dollar, fifty dollar, and one hundred dollar bills. We'd save millions every year on this model compared to our current one.

Yeah they really do need to do that. The penny is gone in Canada and it's fantastic, just waiting for the nickel to eventually get the boot!

The $1 bill needs to go as well, the coin is much better for that amount. And I know that for the people that live there it's easy for them to tell the money apart at first glance but I hate goign on vacation and looking in my wallet and 30 bills and about 25 of them are $1 :(. 

The Australian bills are great, as are the newer Canadian bills, they last so damn long, you can't physically rip them!

I actually prefer $1 bills over coins, as my wallet doesn't have anywhere to put change.