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In article <4p6hja$9v8@tribune.concentric.net>,
Jwhitesi@cris.com (John Whiteside) wrote:

>Well, if we would just get rid of those foolish dollar bills, we'd be all
>set...

APTA (American Public Transit Assoc.) is one of the leading proponents of
replacing the dollar bill with a coin, as has been done in Canada and the
UK, among others.  Handling and counting bills is very expensive, and
getting bills accepted is inconvenient for the customers as this thread has
shown.

The move would also save the U.S. Treasury lots of $$$.  Though it costs
more to mint a coin than print a bill--the coin lasts decades, a dollar
bill a year or three.

Yes, the 'Carter quarters' were a joke; the successful coin substitutions
have been thick and heavy.

Ulttimately, transit operators will aim for a totally cashless system,
where farecards or other media are purchased using bank debit cards or
credit cards. To answer the inevitable question about poor people without
bank accounts, welfare benefits are now being distributed using debit cards
in several states.



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