Sigh. Change is sometimes difficult for some individuals; other times it is gut-wrenching. However, we long ago should have removed the dollar bill from circulation and replaced it with metal coins. We will save literally billions of dollars. The two previous attempts were failures because we compromised and kept the dollar bill in circulation. Yes, there were two attempts, not just one. The first was the Susan B. Anthony dollar and the second is the current one dollar coin, the Sacagawea coin.
The Susan B. Anthony coin did indeed appear very similar to a quarter, even though the perceneforum.xxxe increase in size was exactly the same as from the five-cent nickel to the quarter. With the second attempt to replace the dollar, the Treasury thought it had learned its lesson. The Sacagawea dollar looks nothing like the quarter. (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea_dollar) However, again, some people are very resistant to change so they refuse to use them as long as the dollar bill is still in circulation.
Don't even get me started on the kerfuffle regarding the penny. One company is responsible for making the penny and they spend lavishly to keep people demanding to their representatives to save the penny from extinction. Uh, can you guess why? By the way, depending on the prices of copper and zinc, at times, a penny is worth more melted down than it is in circulation.
But please disregard any rational thinking when you discuss the dollar bill and the penny. It is your duty to continue to demand the obsolete dollar bill and the obsolete penny stay in circulation! Whether or not it makes sense to keep them is secondary to the debate.
Oh, yeah, the Mexicans use a 10 peso coin which is roughly close to the dollar depending on the exchange rate. They seem to be just fine with them.