Day: August 25, 2010

Why the US keeps minting coins people hate and won’t use

BBC News  US & Canada | By Daniel Nasaw | BBC News, Washington | August 2010 In hidden vaults across the country, the US government is building a stockpile of $1 coins. The hoard has topped $1.1bn – imagine a stack of coins reaching almost seven times higher than the International Space Station – and the