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New American dollar
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17104542/
Personally, I like the idea of dollar coins, even though I rarely carry any sort of cash on me. I also want an American twoneey, but that's another matter... Do you guys think people will use it this time or will it just go straight to coin collectors? |
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I would have used the last dollar coin if I would have ever seen any in circulation! I have never even seen the last dollar coin in person. Just on television.
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Many vending machines still treat all dollar coins like quarters.
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I collect all the new coins I get my hands on. State quarters, nickles, dollars...etc. For me, its just a fun way to save up some spare change. About every three to five years the wife and I will go to Reno or Tahoe and use it in the casinos. I think the last time we emptied the jug for a trip like that we had over $700 bucks. It was like having free money to spend.
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We've had $1 & $2 coins for quite a while now... "Loonies" & "Toonies"
My wife loves them. It's easy for me to lose five or six bucks when I lay down for a nap, and she keeps the change that she finds under the couch cushions.
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I have a feeling these will go the same way and previous dollar coins, even if they do have George on them. Personally, I would rather keep 5 to 8 dollar bills in my wallet than that many dollar coins in my pocket.
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i like the idea of a dollar coin...but it needs to be bigger like the old ones. the small quarter size ones are pointless. like why is the dime smaller than a penny in the first place.
get a few 1/2 dollar ones every time I'm in Vegas and lots of twonnies from Canada
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Dollar coins are for a time when a dollar had buying power. I doubt that they will make it in popular general circulation.
When I worked retail, any Sac coins that customers brought in were immediately put into the safe in exchange for "real" money. The coin tray might hold $10 worth of coin - while the bill tray holds more like $50 of singles. Nobody wants to mess with them. EDIT: Turns out that the Sac will still be minted with the new coins. Presidential Coin Act
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I hate coins of any denominations. Too much jingling and jangling in the pocket. Paper money only and let's round to the nearest buck...everytime I buy something it comes out to .09 or something and I get 91 cents. Beautiful.
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Just curious, what kind of moron they hired do the engraving on these? Really, if we wern't the laughing stock of the planet already, this is the nail on the coffin. Why not just make a public statement, "Our Presidents were retarded"?
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