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  • #31
    Quoth Geek King View Post
    The conservation thing is a public relations thing. The real advantage to switching to coins is the savings of not having to print new ones as often. I wish they would stop being half-assed about introducing them, though. If you want people to use them, stop printing new one dollar bills, and let them leave circulation as they get damaged out. 4-5 years and we'd have most one dollar bills out of circulation. <snip>.

    I was going to say this before in my earlier post in the thread. From what I understand congress is afraid of public backlash, though I think it would be maybe 3-6 months of public whining then we would all move on. Again I don't have a preference one way or the other but I think some people don't like the coins because they are just used to the paper dollar and they don't like change (no pun intended) give it a few years to sink in and everything will be just fine.
    Last edited by Millahtyme1983; 12-06-2007, 02:39 PM. Reason: gotta learn to keep my tenses straight

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    • #32
      There's one store in our general area that, as a matter of policy, always gives out $2 bills in their change whenever possible. I don't think they do $1 coins, though.

      I've always been a fan of the $1 coin...many vending machines take them without any problem, and when they do, it's a lot easier than dealing with the bill acceptors.

      From what I keep hearing, the main problem with most of us Americans and $1 coins is that we (in general) just seem to hate having extra change in their pockets. I personally don't get it, but that's the way people seem to be out here.
      "Well, ergo cogitum daltitum e pluribus shut your piehole." -Mike Rowe

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      • #33
        i have a few 2$ bills that are my lucky bills. my family always loved them and when ever we get them we are happy about it.

        i had a friend who worked at a gas station, and he got some of the new (at the time) sacagawea coins in, and gave them out as change, he said a few customers accused him of giving them conterfit money.

        i occasionally get them in my drawer, i usually ask my customers if they would like them since they are so rare around here. some say yes some say no. no big deal to me.
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        • #34
          Quoth chops View Post
          From what I keep hearing, the main problem with most of us Americans and $1 coins is that we (in general) just seem to hate having extra change in their pockets. I personally don't get it, but that's the way people seem to be out here.
          I'm going to have to agree with that segment of the public. Change is heavy, and there's not a lot of room for it in my wallet. 4 Sacagewea dollars, and there's no room for other change. BUT...that's just me being whiney. >_>

          On the other hand, what are the strippers supposed to do?

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          • #35
            Hmmm Like was said before there have been legal tender dollars since the susan B. The older morgans and such are not legal tender anymore that I am aware of. They have been removed from the tender lists.

            I love having change and coins. Then again I'm a bit odd. Back in college I'd get rolls of quarters as thats what the vending machines, pay phones and stuff would accept. As time went on I still get rolls of coins including the dollars out of paychecks just for the fact I like the feel of having real money and not governmental IOUs in my pocket. Makes me feel like I actually have some wealth...

            Although I would miss the penny if we lost it. Besides what happens if your change comes out to 5.97 in countries without a penny do they justround up to 6 bucks to give you the change back or do they round down and cheat you out of 2 cents. And 2 cents added up over time can be a bit of change. Just curious.

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            • #36
              They would round to the nearest 5 cents. Yeah, sometimes you'd get cheated out of 2 cents and sometimes you would gain 2 cents, but it would balance out. Right now, some places (gas stations, maybe?) calculate your purchase to the nearest .001 and round to the nearest .01. You don't notice.

              Quoth Shengirl View Post
              Um, we've had $1 coins for longer than a year. XD Sacajew-...Sacajaweya? Sacagawea! was introduced in 2000, and of course you can't forget the Susan B. Anthony dollar. According to Wikipedia, that was 1979. Also quoting Wiki, "Silver dollars were minted intermittently from 1794 through 1935..."
              Of course! I meant that last year was when they started circulating the most recent batch.
              Last edited by Sylvia727; 12-06-2007, 06:15 PM.
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              • #37
                About retiring pennies from circulation, I hope they don't! I don't like to be weighed down with pennies anymore than the rest of us, but I do like throwing them in my change jar at home so they accumulate. Then, I roll my change and take the rolls to the bank to cash in. I do that with all of my pocket change. I consider it a savings plan because I usually don't dig in to the jar until I'm otherwise broke between paydays. That's why I usually manage to have a small stash of cash when I want it. Yes, I also consider the clerks I'll be dealing with when I have to dig in to my change, and pay a visit to the bank to buy cash with my change first. That's just me, though. In a pinch, I can just take my change to work with me, and cash it in between customers. I consider that little fringe benefit to be the clerk's prerogative.

                Also, I still just don't understand why people don't make an effort to plan for things like trips to the laundromat or car wash where they'll need quarters. Just buy a freakin' roll of quarters when you cash your paycheck, and save that roll for such purposes! That just seems like common sense to me to plan for such things because most people are creatures of habit. I realize that not everyone over analyzes things the way that I do, but it still annoys me when people seem clueless that you're going to have to go through Point B to get from Point A to Point C. All I find myself saying when the realization hits them is, "Well, duh! You think so?!"

                I guess my real pet peeve in all of that grumbling is that some people don't think ahead. I realize that life happens, and we can't think of everything all the time. On the other hand, it really does pay to develop a system of some kind since most people are creatures of habit. How many times do people have to repeat the same grade before they get promoted?
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                • #38
                  Quoth rerant View Post
                  Where do you live what you have $1 coins and $1 bills, or are you just in the US and getting Canadian money?
                  Or... does the US have a $1 coin I'm ignorantly not aware of?
                  The Sacagawea Dollar has been in circulation since 2000, they're also issuing Presidential Dollars. http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/...ion=CircDollar

                  Susan B. Anthony Dollars are also still in circulation, and on rare occasion you might find an Eisenhower Dollar or a Kennedy Half Dollar.
                  Quoth Rahmota View Post
                  The older morgans and such are not legal tender anymore that I am aware of. They have been removed from the tender lists.
                  Actually, every coin the US ever made, with the exception of trade dollars, is still considered legal tender. You'd be crazy to spend a Morgan or Seated Liberty Dollar, though, since they're worth much more than face value!
                  Last edited by XCashier; 12-06-2007, 07:06 PM.
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                  • #39
                    I had a guy pay for cigarettes a few days ago with silver dollars.

                    they were bought out of my drawer within 10 minutes.

                    I get the dollar coins every so often, and will get rid of them if the change comes to something like $1.01 or $1.05 so I don't have to waste a bill.

                    Never had someone yell at me about it, though one of my co-workers insist they are canadian when people try to get them for bills at times.

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                    • #40
                      Quoth Sylvia727 View Post
                      The USA has $2 bills that are not common in circulation but still in use. Last year they started up with the $1 coin. I think it's more common in larger cities. The eventual goal is to pull the $1 bill, which would be fine by me. They will probably cancel the penny, too, which appeals to my inner logician but horrifies my inner sentamentalist.
                      The $1 coins have been around in the USA for more the a year. But the USA is currently trying to get more people to use them. In 1999 the US came out with the Sacajawea Golden dollar . And you can't forget then the Susan B Anthony $1 coins that where first minted between 1979 and 1988 and then again in 1999. (thank you wikipeia)

                      Here is a little off topic but whebn I as a cashier the one time I had a customer give me a $5 gold coin thinking it was a dime. When I point this out they said they didn't want it and I could keep it.

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                      • #41
                        I don't have a problem with the one dollar coins. But I remember once I tried paying for a purchase with one and the cashier refused to take it. Luckly I had a bigger bill on me so I could pay.

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                        • #42
                          The only reason I hate getting $2 bills and $1 coins is there is NO WHERE TO PUT THEM!!!

                          I don't know how cash registers are designed in other countries...but in the US we have a spot for every bill...except 50's and 100s (which go under the drawer, so customers cannot see them).

                          Maybe if they took away the dollar altogether and replaced it with a coin...we'd be forced to accept it.

                          However, it would make going to the strip club a heck of a lot more awkward, or expensive, depending on how you look at it.
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                          • #43
                            Quoth vonkarolinas View Post
                            Well, BeckySunshine if your area is anything like ours if you want some $2 bills just go to the local strip club.
                            If I went to any of the many local strip clubs, my friends would dare me to go on stage. (Why, I don't know, but they would...)
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                            • #44
                              Quoth AmericanZero8503 View Post
                              The only reason I hate getting $2 bills and $1 coins is there is NO WHERE TO PUT THEM!!!

                              I don't know how cash registers are designed in other countries...but in the US we have a spot for every bill...except 50's and 100s (which go under the drawer, so customers cannot see them).

                              Maybe if they took away the dollar altogether and replaced it with a coin...we'd be forced to accept it.

                              However, it would make going to the strip club a heck of a lot more awkward, or expensive, depending on how you look at it.
                              True enough, at most of my stores, there is one extra slot that we use to put any odd bills or change, which would get messy fast.

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                              • #45
                                As someone who does coin-op professionally, I would love to see the dollar bill die. It costs $200+ to purchase a bill acceptor, but about $10 to purchase a coin mech.

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