The United States mint has revived the ongoing campaign to popularize dollar coins for general use. In spite of the stunning failures of the Susan B. Anthony and Sakagawea issues of one-dollar coins, the money people want to phase out paper and go all coins, all the time. The mint wants to do away with"folding money".
In this year’s restart of the acceptance campaign, mint officials have selected four cities — Austin, TX; Grand Rapids, MI; Portland, OR and Charlotte, NC — as test markets.The latest scheme takes a "green" approach, marketing how paper dollars waste resources both monetary and environmental. Citizens of the test markets are encouraged to use "100 percent recyclable" coins that last decades instead of 21 months, as is the lifespan for the typical paper dollar.
Published in December, 2008.
