If Congress won’t go along (I’m sure Sens. Lieberman and Nelson would want special treatment) an end-run around them would still be possible. Make sure all Federal agencies that deal directly with the public, such as the Post Office, National Parks, etc., give change for amounts less than $5 in the form of a $1 coin and/or 1 or 2 $2 bills.

OK, some people will fuss at first but pretty soon the practice will be perfectly normal. Some Canadians got all bent out of shape when the Loonie debuted but inside of a year everyone was OK with them. And remember when multicolored bills would fail in the US because they would “look like European funny money”? Well, Abe’s purple, Grant’s blue, Alex is orange and Andy is peach and everybody thinks they look just fine.