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JUST IN: $1 coins may be forced on us if the government has its way!!!!
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[quote:ISLANDIA:MV8yMDY2MjA0XzM0NzY1MDU1XzUyNDlBNTYx] [quote:Anonymous Coward 28714480:MV8yMDY2MjA0XzM0NzYzODE0XzZBNUE1RTk3] [b]The US Treasury mints coins. The Federal Reserve prints currency.[/b] There is much more here than meets the eye. [/quote] in as basic terms Coins are purchased from the Treasury and distributed by the Fed. Coins = Credit Paper = Debit Paper is printed and is considered a loan to the US wit interest [/quote]
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That crumpled wad of dollar bills in your coat pocket could become a collectors' item if the Government Accountability Office gets its way. The GAO, a nonpartisan, investigative arm of Congress, has a hearing today to attempt to get the U.S. Mint to abandon paper dollar bills and replace them with $1 coins. Switching to coins [
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