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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:I'm surprised at the sentiment toward the 3CNs here... they're one of my favorite classic designs! Feel free to send them over if you don't want 'em  Me, too! What's the deal? Am I just not seasoned enough to realize that a 2012 Chester Arthur dollar is much more worth collecting than an 1880 Three Cent Nickel? It's okay though, that leaves more deals for me when I start collecting them.  I don't collect 3CNs, but I also don't have a type set. So, that logic, as applied to me, doesn't work.  P.S. Ikes are kinda...meh.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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I think there must be quite some size to the pool of opinion that does not like the obverse design of the Ike dollars. Reverse designs are better, and certainly American. Whenever I have visited the 'States, I have never seen a single example in circulation, but that is most probably due to their size. In most cases, Americans have shunned their Half Dollars as well. |
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Whenever I have visited the 'States, I have never seen a single example in circulation, They were only minted for eight years so the window of opportunity was very narrow. Size was a secondary issue at best, since no dollar coin will properly circulate here until we get rid of the one dollar note. |
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United States
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Size was a secondary issue at best, since no dollar coin will properly circulate here until we get rid of the one dollar note. At this point, where cash is used less and less, I'm not sure a dollar coin will ever circulate widely in the US. |
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United States
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 nfine. Cash becoming less and less. Wide circulation will never happen. Edited by chafemasterj
02/08/2018 11:15 am
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At this point, where cash is used less and less, I'm not sure a dollar coin will ever circulate widely in the US. I know this is a case of  , but dollar coins circulate very widely in countries that have removed the paper dollar - for proof look no further than our neighbors to the north. I was in Victoria, BC, last summer and they are very common, like quarters in the US. I myself love 3-cent nickels, although I only own 1 (an 1865 issue, happily residing in my 7070). But I'd love to own more some day. Maybe once the aforementioned 7070 is completed... My vote for least popular US issue is actually for the Native American dollar, even though I personally love the reverse designs. I bet 90% of the US public doesn't even know they exist. Edited by ljenkins990
02/08/2018 11:20 am
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United States
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Cashless will probably happen before we revise any of our coinage.  |
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United States
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I recently gave both of my grandsons a $20 bill to put in their piggy banks. They both played with the bills for a while and then the oldest collected both and threw them in the trash. His mom and dad never use cash and the kids had no idea what they were playing with. Kids are growing up never seeing or understanding how paper money is used. Just imagine what this means for change (coins).
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02/08/2018 11:25 am
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United States
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I recently gave both of my grandsons a $20 bill to put in their piggy banks. They both played with the bills for a while and then the oldest collect both and threw them in the trash.  Quote:
His mom and dad never use cash and the kids had no idea what they were playing with. Kids are growing up never seeing or understanding how paper money is used. Just imagine what this means for change (coins). My son (almost ten) certainly knows, but he may be the exception, not the rule, give who his father is.  I apologize for dragging this off topic. Back to the least popular US issues!  |
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I apologize for dragging this off topic. I was the guy that went there, apologies. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I myself like the obverse of the Ike dollar. Simple, classic layout. But I disagree that it's not popular. About 15-20 years ago, it was very popular. I think one reason for any relative unpopularity was the fact that the blue Whitman folders became very heavy and unwieldly when full of these massive coins. |
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United States
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Interesting reasoning. My Ike Dansco feels pretty hefty.
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Bedrock of the Community
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United States
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(AU/BU) Ike dollars can reliably be sold for more than face value most anywhere except to a dealer. Maybe only for $1.10 - 1.25 each, but I think that proves they are more popular than the SBA dollars. My kids absolutely love them! I was able to score a small stack of circulated ones from my bank about a year ago, and my three year old's eyes lit up: "Daddy, these are SO BIG!" |
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United States
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My kids absolutely love them! I was able to score a small stack of circulated ones from my bank about a year ago, and my three year old's eyes lit up: "Daddy, these are SO BIG!" That is similar to how I got started. |
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