Sad Story Of Americans Not Knowing Their Coinage

Dr. Pepper is not a Coke or Pepsi product, it is a product of Dr Pepper Snapple Group (7-up is also one of their products).

However, they often contract with different local bottlers to make their products. The Dr. Pepper in my area is still made at the local "Pepsi Cola & Seven-Up Bottling Co" plant.

Actually it was more a demand from cities with mass transit rail systems which at the time were typically $1 or $2 per trip. It was easier to have machines that accepted or distributed dollar coins than dollar notes.



Not a great argument. By the same logic. . .

try carrying 4000 quarters or simply 10 100 bills....what will you have in your pockets?

try carrying 100000 cents or simply 10 100 bills....what will you have in your pockets?

try carrying 20000 nickels or simply 10 100 bills....what will you have in your pockets?

I guess we should eliminate all coins and only have $100 bills to carry around.

Really there is NO REASON to ever carry more than a few coins of ANY denomination in your pocket. Even with out dollar notes the MAXIMUM number of coins you should ever receive in change is 10. And that would be if you paid for a $1.01 purchase with a note of $5 or greater. (dollar coin, three quarters, two dimes and four cents.) If you do have dollar notes then the maximum is nine coins. (With a weight savings of 7 grams, 8 less grams of coin plus 1 more gram of paper.)



If you bring me a Pepsi PLEASE make it a Throwback! (Mountain Dew Throwback would be even better. Even BETTER would be a Mexican Coke. Now available at Sam's Club, YES!)



Excellent product! Did you know there is still one bottler that makes Dr Pepper with real sugar instead of corn syrup?



No, actually it isn't. In some areas the local Coca Cola bottling plant is licensed to bottle and distribute it, in some areas Pepsi is the distributor. Dr Pepper is a partnership of Dr Pepper/7UP and Snapple (The Dr Pepper/Snapple group) and is a subsidiary of Cadbury Schweppes of England. Coke's "Dr Pepper" imitator is Mr Pibb. Pepsi as far as I know has no similar beverage and just licenses Dr Pepper.

The 2009 Red Book states:

"The size of this coin caused it to be confused with the quarter, and it failed to gain widespread public acceptance. No coins were made for circulation from 1981 to 1998. In 1999 additional pieces were made to meet the needs of vending machines."

If such trivialities even matter, I would defer to the Red Book.

Yes here in Texas!

The original title of this thread :

"Sad story of Americans not knowing their coinage"

seems to have evolved into "Sad story of Americans not knowing their soft drink manufacturers".

(I seem to be the most guilty party too).

Who was Ben Franklin?

Okay, now that I have finished reading this incredible thread, I am going to grab some Ike dollars and 2 dollar bills and walk down the to the local Golden Arches and have fun paying for my lunch. And by the time I get there I will have made that difficult decision...Coke or Dr Pepper?
By the way, anyone raised in America should know who Ben Franklin is.

I thought Ben Franklin was that guy who owns all those craft stores?