What is so sad is that we know that these coins could save our country $500 million a year, just eliminate the dollar bill. Instead Congress argues over tiny bills that could save smaller amounts. All of Europe has coins. I am completing a trip of three weeks with the family and have used $475 in coins. When work is done on my house including redoing my pool for over $6000 I always paid them in dollar coins. They would split them among the eight workers. I purchased between $50,000 and $75,000 in coins over the last five years, and never took one coin back to the bank to deposit. So it is a very sad day for me.