Finding Sac Dollars In The Wild, What's The Easiest Way?

I buy ice for some members of the local Amish community. The ice vending machine gives back dollar coins. If I need 3 bags of ice, I insert a $5.00 or $10.00 dollar bill for each bag purchased pocketing the coins returned as change. President, Sac's and SBA coins, all mine saved for my old age. Webekin

@ Tezro 128 , well you might have to wait till the covid virus is over and done with . Going into the bank with your mask on , They might think your a bank robber .

I started collecting the Sacs about 2 months ago and have had moderate success.

I've managed to collect 2000-2006, 2009-11, 2014, 2016, 2019 P&D. I've also hit some others within those years but no 2008, 2015 or 2018. I even managed to snag an S for 2000, 2005, 2008.

My post is to provide a little insight that most of this has been done through just asking for rolls through various banks. Probably about 40 rolls worth. My bank also did just order me a box and that was successful.

My question I'm hoping someone can answer is after 2012 were they released into circulation or are they only available for purchase? Just was curious if I was looking at a very uphill battle or not on these as the montage numbers are pretty low.

Very easy to find 2000P and D as the mintage was huge. Starting in 2002 most years really weren't circulated and the mintage is relatively low. I've had success going to banks. The tellers usually have a handful in their trays. I've found it's hard to get rolls as most banks I've tried don't have them on hand. If you are a customer at a bank, then you could potentially get them to order rolls for you. This is similar for Presidential dollars which circulated for the first five years, then the mintage drops way down as they were no longer issued for circulation.

What is weird to me is we NEVER see US dollar coins circulating in Canada even though they are the same size as Loonies. We think nothing of using US quarters, dimes and nickels as if they were Canadian coin. I actually pull a fair amount of US coin to use in the US while coin roll hunting in Canada for silver. At least you get a little profit while getting skunked on silver.

Oh goody! I get to contradict jbuck on dollar coins again

Thank God we don't have tons of change in our pockets and sitting around at home/in the car b/c we chose to keep paper instead!


Being close to the border a good deal of my life, we always saw Canadian change and spent it like normal. In fact I was able to even complete most sets from 1937 and up just from circulation, but not halves and dollars which we never saw.

On multiple trips to/across Canada (early 70s and 80s) I remember my grandfather and I used to stop at banks trying to get half dollars and dollar coins. It was more than a couple of times I had to pull one of each out of my pocket to show the tellers that Canada did, indeed, make them!

So until the government up there forced the usage of the Loonies by eliminating the bills, the dollar coin also was not preferred/used just like here in the Sates.


It is funny how our two countries have had differing ideas on money. Canadians always embraced the $2.00 bill and Americans did not. Most Americans have no idea we still can get them at the bank.

Canadian 1,000.00 bills were much easier for those who wanted one to get. We quit making them here in 1934 and up there I remember seeing the 1967 issue sometimes when my grandfather was exchanging cash up at Canadian banks.

I remember my other grandfather (born 1910) saying he had tried for quite a few years to get a US $1000.00 bill, and no banks ever had them that he was around. I think you had to be in big cities down here to find one?

Once I got a US $1 coin in change. That was a few years ago before I stopped using coins. It surprised me as it had never happened before or since.

Yeah, the post office was my go to for the baby dollars. It was a shame my local PO replaced their machines with cashless ones just before the presidential series started.