“In hidden vaults across the country, the US government is building a stockpile of $1 coins. The hoard has topped $1.1bn – imagine a stack of coins reaching almost seven times higher than the International Space Station – and the piles have grown so large the US Federal Reserve is running out of storage space.” By Daniel Nasaw BBC News, Washington (published in NEWS US & CANADA, August 10, 2010)
Article – “Why the US keeps minting coins people hate and won’t use”