# Is This New $1000 Bill for Real?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-new-1000-bill-for-real/117725>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 7, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-new-1000-bill-for-real/117725 "2002-07-07T03:06:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-new-1000-bill-for-real/117725/21 "2002-07-08T02:22:25Z")

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Harvey, eliminating the $1 bill would force the removal, reengineering, or replacement of many vending machines, and cause a hardship for many of their users. There are a handful of machines designed to accept dollar coins, and many, many, many designed to accept dollar bills. Yes, I think it would be fine to have coins instead of bills, but it would cause huge problems for a lot of people.

And, FYI, you can’t “enlarge” an engraved printing plate. They might be modeled on the same artwork, but the engraving is all new.

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