dollar coins http://www.npr.org dollar coins en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:03:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif dollar coins http://www.npr.org Why Are There 100 Cents In A Dollar? Ask Thomas Jefferson. If not for Jefferson, there might have been 90 pennies in a dollar. Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:03:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/08/06/158197529/why-are-there-100-cents-in-a-dollar-ask-thomas-jefferson?ft=1&f=134276289 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/08/06/158197529/why-are-there-100-cents-in-a-dollar-ask-thomas-jefferson?ft=1&f=134276289 If not for Jefferson, there might have been 90 pennies in a dollar.

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]]> Cage Match: Coin Vs. Bill Should we kill the dollar bill? On today's show we go deep into the nature of money itself, and we find a clear answer to this question. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:47:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/04/20/151052399/cage-match-coin-vs-bill?ft=1&f=134276289 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/04/20/151052399/cage-match-coin-vs-bill?ft=1&f=134276289 Should we kill the dollar bill? On today's show we go deep into the nature of money itself, and we find a clear answer to this question.

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]]> Should We Kill The Dollar Bill? Last month, a Washington, D.C. subway station was plastered with posters of giant dollar bills. One of them said: "Tell Congress to stop wasting time trying to eliminate the dollar bill." The $70,000 ad blitz was part of a small lobbying war over the fate of the dollar bill. Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:47:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/04/19/150976150/should-we-kill-the-dollar-bill?ft=1&f=134276289 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/04/19/150976150/should-we-kill-the-dollar-bill?ft=1&f=134276289 Last month, a Washington, D.C. subway station was plastered with posters of giant dollar bills. One of them said: "Tell Congress to stop wasting time trying to eliminate the dollar bill." The $70,000 ad blitz was part of a small lobbying war over the fate of the dollar bill.

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]]> Dollar Coins Are Done Earlier this year we reported on the pileup of more than a billion unwanted $1 coins in government vaults. It was the result of a law passed a few years back that ordered the mint to create coins honoring each U.S. president.Today, the White House said it will end the program. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:17:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/12/13/143668605/the-tuesday-podcast-dollar-coins-are-done?ft=1&f=134276289 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/12/13/143668605/the-tuesday-podcast-dollar-coins-are-done?ft=1&f=134276289 Earlier this year we reported on the pileup of more than a billion unwanted $1 coins in government vaults. It was the result of a law passed a few years back that ordered the mint to create coins honoring each U.S. president.Today, the White House said it will end the program.

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]]> The Buck Stops: Treasury Suspends Production Of Presidential Dollars Saying it can save taxpayers $50 million a year, the Treasury Department announced today that it is suspending almost all production of presidential dollar coins. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:15:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/12/13/143654671/the-buck-stops-treasury-suspends-production-of-presidential-dollars?ft=1&f=134276289 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/12/13/143654671/the-buck-stops-treasury-suspends-production-of-presidential-dollars?ft=1&f=134276289 Saying it can save taxpayers $50 million a year, the Treasury Department announced today that it is suspending almost all production of presidential dollar coins.

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]]> Dollar Coins In The Wild We talk to travelers who use frequent-flier-mile credit cards to buy dollar coins and pile up miles. And we hear how the U.S. Mint is cracking down. Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:25:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/22/138616763/the-friday-podcast-dollar-coins-in-the-wild?ft=1&f=134276289 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/22/138616763/the-friday-podcast-dollar-coins-in-the-wild?ft=1&f=134276289 We talk to travelers who use frequent-flier-mile credit cards to buy dollar coins and pile up miles. And we hear how the U.S. Mint is cracking down.

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]]> Bill Would Kill Dollar Coin Program Planet Money recently reported on the mountain of dollar coins piling up in Federal Reserve vaults. Now a Democratic Congresswoman wants to halt the program. Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:18:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/14/137850604/bill-would-halt-production-of-dollar-coins?ft=1&f=134276289 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/14/137850604/bill-would-halt-production-of-dollar-coins?ft=1&f=134276289 Planet Money recently reported on the mountain of dollar coins piling up in Federal Reserve vaults. Now a Democratic Congresswoman wants to halt the program.

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]]> Ecuador Needs Your Dollar Coins Photos and stories about dollar coins, from Planet Money listeners. Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:24:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/05/137481077/ecuador-needs-your-dollar-coins?ft=1&f=134276289 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/05/137481077/ecuador-needs-your-dollar-coins?ft=1&f=134276289 Photos and stories about dollar coins, from Planet Money listeners.

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]]> Wasting Money Making Money On today's Planet Money, we visit an underground vault that's full of money nobody wants. Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:50:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/06/29/137400808/the-friday-podcast-wasting-money-making-money?ft=1&f=134276289 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/06/29/137400808/the-friday-podcast-wasting-money-making-money?ft=1&f=134276289 On today's Planet Money, we visit an underground vault that's full of money nobody wants.

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]]> Swapping Dollar Coins For Bills Could Save $5.5 Billion, GAO Says Replacing the U.S. $1 note with a coin could save the government around $5.5 billion over 30 years, according to a new report. The GAO says Canada and Britain figured out how to encourage people to use coins instead of paper money: take the paper money away. Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:26:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/07/14/134276189/swapping-dollar-coins-for-bills-could-save-5-5-billion-gao-says?ft=1&f=134276289 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/07/14/134276189/swapping-dollar-coins-for-bills-could-save-5-5-billion-gao-says?ft=1&f=134276289 Replacing the U.S. $1 note with a coin could save the government around $5.5 billion over 30 years, according to a new report. The GAO says Canada and Britain figured out how to encourage people to use coins instead of paper money: take the paper money away.

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