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Solution for the US: Get rid of the penny and put Lincoln on a $1 coin, then stop printing dollar bills. Nice try, but then the George Washington people will protest, as they are the idiots keeping the one dollar bill around (as much or more than Crane). Sadly, our decision to put dead presidents (and other dead officials) on our circulating money was one of the dumbest things we ever did. And we have done some dumb things down here. |
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Let me add to unruhjonny's rant....how in the H can a mint have a "circulation coin denomination {50 cents) that is only offered in rolls at double face value (and only sold in rolls) It is my opinion that the penny and fifty cent coins should have both continued to be minted, not as rolls at double face, but only offered in mint sets; Maybe not both so much in proof or specimen sets as those sets offer exclusivity in them as-is, but surely should have been included in the pilo-film (aka: uncirculated sets or classic sets) for the collectors. (I am not suggesting that the fifty cent coin be removed from the proof or specimen sets, but that something else should have been added to entice collecting the "uncirculated" sets.) Although I think the fifty cent piece is our nicest looking coin, it stopped being regularly circulated around the time when the (nickle composition) "silver" dollar fell out of favour from circulation. When I was younger (specifically around 1986/1987) for a very brief time my brothers and I got an allowance; My dad would go to the bank, and specifically requested fifty cent coins for my younger brothers, and silver dollars for me. I clearly remember that we could spend them, normally retailers would have an extra spot in their tills (now probably used for loonies or toonies) where these coins would be put. If my memory is correct, not too long after the loonie was introduced, the banks stopped offering silver dollars and fifty cent pieces - the only exception to this was in 2002 when the royal bank was distributing the special 50th anniversary QEII coins. Edited by unruhjonny
04/13/2023 12:27 pm
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Solution for the US: Get rid of the penny and put Lincoln on a $1 coin, then stop printing dollar bills Lincoln is already on the $5 dollar bill, put George on a $1 coin and and get rid of the paper dollar, penny and maybe even the nickel (sorry Jefferson fans). Edited by purelywasted
04/13/2023 4:11 pm
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jbuck -- I trust you're in contact with your elected representatives on matters dealing with coins and currency.
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As a transplanted Yank up here in Canuckland for the last 26 years, the US tried a dlloar coin with Sacagawea and they went over like a lead balloon, they were great for beer tips in Cuba and the Carib while resting on the beach at an all-inclusive. She and the dollar coin didn't last long. A dollar coin won't fly in the US and the vendors want to keep the left-most partition in the cash register for pennies and not have to use up the right-most ones with dollars and 2-dollar coins.
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jbuck -- I trust you're in contact with your elected representatives on matters dealing with coins and currency. Actually, I have written them in the past. My pockets are not deep enough to get an acknowledgement, let alone a reply. I guess they know I voted for their opponents.  |
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A dollar coin won't fly in the US... ...until it gets rid of the dollar bill.  That is it. It is that simple. It is what Canada did. Until we do the same the dollar coin will never succeed here. |
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I have received most of my dollar coins when state-side by car wash chage machines; I thought that the Presidential dollar series had gained a little more acceptance than the 2002 issue? |
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Canada
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Wow! I've been away from the US for too long. I'd never even heard of a Presidential dollar, let alone seen one. I think that they're ugly and no wonder people don't want them in their pockets. |
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United States
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Quote:I thought that the Presidential dollar series had gained a little more acceptance than the 2002 issue? The novelty gave it a bump, but that wore off soon. They eventually they gave up and since then all the small dollars are NIFC. |
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Are there any RCM collectors out there that can view all the items in their collection when they sign in ? |
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Sadly, our decision to put dead presidents (and other dead officials) on our circulating money was one of the dumbest things we ever did. And we have done some dumb things down here. I am amused that you put that last sentence in the past tense.  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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I am amused that you put that last sentence in the past tense. The past speaks for itself and as for the future, I am a hopeless optimist. |
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@RJRL Yes I recently found that ability on the drop down menu.
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I agree. Stupid steel... I wish it was still 99.9% nickel.
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