Ignorance Of Modern Coins

I dunno. Every time a new prez dollar comes out, I buy two rolls, extract one with the fewest bag marks on it for my collection, and spend the rest. No one has given them much more than a second glance, probably just to make sure that I wasn't trying to pass off a quarter as a dollar, and then slapped them into the cash drawer.

On the other hand, teachers don't get to handle cash very often ...

I'm not sure whether to laugh at the teacher, or applaude her honesty. Either way good story, thanks for sharing!

Why is it that most Americans don't like the modern gold colored coins?

Perhaps the best thing would be to simply withdraw the Greenback dollar from circulation. Coins are much cheaper to produce, considering their circulation lifespan.

I hear an opportunity for a parent to do a little show and tell about our money!



You or the teacher could order some free educational material from the US Mint.

To much of a change for us I think.
1. On commuter trains no conductors have a coin changer that takes Halves or those baby sized dollars.
2. So far I've never seen a cash register with a space for baby sized dollar coins.
3. A freind of mine has a vending machine buisness and none of his machines takes those baby sized dollar coins
4. So few baby sized dollars are used in circulation people get into all kinds of arguaments trying to use them.
5. To heavy to carry 10 of those instead of a $10 bill.
To heavy to carry 100 of them instead of a $100 bill.
To heavy to carry 1,000,000 of them instead of ?
6. People just don't like them. It's not the color as much as people just sort of think a dollar should be bigger.

Changing Americans is not easy. For example the metric system. Remember many, many years ago when we were told to change to that? Still trying.

Great story! I gave one of my daughters a large cent for show and tell. It really was a hit.

as far as my soon to be step daughters class room has a large display of coin money on the walls. Yes they are larger than life but there is a golden dollar and Kennedy half there as well. Not sure about the ike. I don't remember seeing one.

Here are a few place that I have come across that DO take the golden dollars.
1) Select parts of the smaller turnpikes around Pa with coin drop boxes ( also accepts halves)
2) Vending machines inside the UPS work hubs. ( used to work for them)
3) Some post offices have stamp vending machines that take the golden dollars( why not government mint and owned)
4) last but not least there is a gentleman at my church that hands young kids (under 8 years old) a golden dollar to put in as there offering!~

I have no problem believing a teacher had no clue. Most of them have no clue about much of anything.

The registers at my store have a space that can be used for dollars or whatever coins. For that matter I have never seen a register with fewer than 5 slots.
I have not seen a whole lot of vending machines in the mid atlantic area that didnt take the new dollars. Maybe a few here and there.
No one is saying ditch the higher denomination bills. Just trash ones and be done with it. As much as I like the 2's, trash them as well and make a coin for that. People will whine as they always do. Ignore them and in a year no one will even remember ones.