claim: the federal government could save $500 million annually by circulating $1 coins instead of $1 bills.
author: charlie smith
evidence_1: jun 6, 2013 ... statements that could be deemed true, frequently have much different ... could  save $500 million annually by circulating $1 coins instead of $1 bills. ... says the  federal government borrows "almost $60 billion per week.".
evidence_2: jul 4, 2018 ... states (the $1 bill) and the highest denomination circulating coin (the quarter). ...  renewed interest on the part of the gov- ernment in just such ... could save  taxpayers as much as $500 million annually. more recently ... treasury and  federal reserve banks is ... cept $1 coins in place of $1 bills would also be ...
evidence_3: aug 10, 2010 ... the federal reserve's $1.1bn coin chest: people hate the $1 coin but the ... in  hidden vaults across the country, the us government is building a stockpile of $1  coins. ... most countries in the g8 have ceased to circulate a note in their ... the  dollar bill with the coin could save the us $500m to $700m per year ...
evidence_4: what's the story behind the large-denomination bills that the government used ...  in 1928, the federal government overhauled its system of printing banknotes. ...  width off the bills and issued the new smaller bills in the $1 to $100  denominations ... 1969, that it would quit issuing the $500, $1,000, $5,000, and  $10,000 notes ...
evidence_5: jan 9, 2015 ... the story of the $2 bill starts in 1862, when the federal government printed its ...  the $2 bill was in that first printing, along with the $1 bill, but it took a ... "which  one would you use: the 20 or the 25? ... upwards of 4 billion $1 bills a year, that  adds up to a lot of ... coin. ... i'm going to save this," bennardo says.