I heard a few days ago on the news that the US Government is going to introduce new banknotes next year to enhance security and to make life hell for forgers. Wouldn't that be a perfect opportunity to drop the 1 dollar note once and for all? The new series could start with a $5 note.
BTW; I read more about the survey that claimed that 80% (in reality 77%) wanted to return to the guilder. It appeared that from the small minority of anti-Europeans in The Netherlands a very large proportion responded. There was a question about having a sense of European citizenship because of the euro. 58% of the respondents stated that they did not regard themselves as Europeans at all; in other words this survey is contaminated because it is top-heavy from our own 'Eurosceptics'. People who are opposed to the EU are of course against the euro as well. I responded with a pro-euro answer. Han Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
