To the editor:

I don’t have a dog in the fight on whether (again) a dollar coin will succeed, but it seems to me based on the article of Feb. 12 that research shows Americans simply won’t accept one; they’d rather stick with an old greenback in their pocket instead of a large coin. Surely, the Susan B. Anthony coin should have proven that.

For the U.S. to fully implement a dollar coin, they’d have to go the route of the United Kingdom. Back in the mid-1980s the British abolished their timeless 1-pound note in favor of a 1-pound coin. Today in the UK you won’t find 1-pound notes, but 1-pound coins abound. That’s the only way a dollar coin will succeed here.

David Teska,

Lawrence