Shall we beat the dead horse, yet, again?

(From the article by David Ganz that Elurio provided): “Taking into account
the experience of the 50 State Quarters program, information from the
numismatic community, and the public’s continued resistance to the use of
dollar coins, CBO expects that the new $1 Presidential coin would increase the
public’s interest in collecting coins but it would continue to face barriers
to widespread circulating use,” the House Report says.

More proof if you want something throroughly screwed up, get the government
involved in the decision-making process.

Jerry
Get rid of the FBI-RD!

"ELurio" provides an excellent article by David Ganz from Numismatic News.
snipped for brevity