Low Vision Guide

The recent court decision that paper money in the USA must be made more accessible to the visually impaired and the recent release of yet another dollar coin with all of the same problems as previous dollar coins is a perfect opportunity to make our currency more accessible and save the government money at the same time.
The following proposals would accomplish this goal.

1. Remove from circulation: penny, dime, half dollar coins.

2. Remove from circulation: $1, $2, $10, $50 paper bills.

3. Remove from circulation: previous $1 coins to be replaced with a new design.

4. Introduce a new dollar coin that is smaller and is more distinguishable from a quarter.

5. Make the $5, $20, and $100 bills different lengths with the larger bills being longer but maintaining the same height.
This would leave us with: 5c, 25c, and $1 coins and $5, $20, and $100 bills. This would make it much easier for visually impaired users to identify currency and would make the $1 coin more accepted by the general public. It would also save the government money. Studies have shown that removing the paper $1 bill would save the government millions of dollars in production costs versus the $1 coin. Also, pennies cost more to make than they are worth. Removing the other less frequently used denominations would also likely save money in production costs.
All of these proposals combined would result in a more accesible and simplified currency system.

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