"If the U.S. would issue a $1.00 coin as standard currency & drop the paperdollar bill entirely, they'd save millions of dollars annually. "


Since 2000, they have been trying (Sacawagea and presidential series "gold" coins, made of a manganese brass alloy ). There HAS been a dollar coin, and they are trying to get them used- a dollar bill lasts 17 months, while a dollar coin lasts about 17 years.