"You may disagree with my prediction, Bob, but you can't declare me WRONG until at least 2007"

Of course I can delare you WRONG Don! It works both ways. Your predictions won't be RIGHT until 2007, if ever!

The Amercan public isn't ready for a coin to be the standard currency for commerce in this denomination. Not now, maybe not ever! SB Anthony dollars didn't catch on, and neither are the Saca(whatever they're called) new dollar coins. I can see pennies being faded out of circulation within the next decade, but that crystal ball view is based more on mineral availability considerations and the costs involved in making them than anything else.

Bob