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Pillar of the Community
United States
4867 Posts |
I support the usage of dollar coins and eliminating the $1 greenback. However I do NOT support the Presidential dollars or the edge lettering. I WILL use them but I WILL NEVER collect them. I challenge everyone here to go to your bank and get a few dollar coins or some rolls. And just spend them wherever you go. Lets get these babies circulated! Spend them at your store, leave them for tips, just spend some whenever you can. Together we can try to make a difference! When you spend some dollar coins, let us know here the reactions you get and what type of establishment it was in. Edited by TheForce
07/02/2009 1:25 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3077 Posts |
been doing that for years untill I found its more fun to get $25 of cents still pick a roll every now and again and I do spend most of them
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Go one better -- contact your government representatives and let them know how much it costs the taxpayer to stay in the dollar bill business, and suggest that this note should be killed.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
Way ahead of ya - my box of 250 should be here tomorrow...
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4867 Posts |
That would be a great idea to supplement the spending of dollar coins plan.
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Member
United States
917 Posts |
Long live the Greenback dollar ! A pox on the shiny bauble pretender.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1745 Posts |
Our vending machines and change machine here at work support the dollar. I can drop a $5 or $10 or $20 into the machine and get dollar coins. I have been passing them around town for years and picking out some of the good ones.
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Rest in Peace
 United States
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I run a retail store and I get halves, dollar coins and $2.00 bills at the bank each week for our change. The only dollar bills we use are ones customers give us, and I deposit them as quickly as possible. My customers love getting "weird change". If they were available, I'ld give out 2009 Lincolns.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4867 Posts |
Good on you jgfindring! Now if more businesses would follow...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
790 Posts |
I love using "weird money", but still have a hard time with the way people treat you for using it. I ask for halves or dollars at the bank and they treat me like a second class citizen. I have real accounts at the bank and it is a major bank. Even when the bank is empty, they act like getting these things are a really big deal, "let me check in the vault". Anywho, I bought $100 in halves recently to search and spend (all previously checked, each roll had one coin with a T on it with a magic marker). I keep these in the car and I've been spending these for small purchases. Drinks at the Quicki-Mart, food at McDonalds, gallon of milk at Walmart. Most places do not know what I am giving them. I could easily cash in, at Walmart they keep asking me, "are these dollar coins?" I'd like to reply, "yes, that's why I gave you 4 of them for a $2 purchase!" |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I dont think the biggest problem is that there isn't enough of these being spent but when people do get them, they just keep them and put them away. But I can see that if there are more of these circulating, non-collectors wont think these are rare, and will let them go.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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don't think the biggest problem is that there isn't enough of these being spent but when people do get them, they just keep them and put them away. But I can see that if there are more of these circulating, non-collectors wont think these are rare, and will let them go.
 That is especially true for people here in eastern N.C They hoard what they get in change thinking that they will be worth a lot of money one day. |
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 United States
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Go one better -- contact your government representatives and let them know how much it costs the taxpayer to stay in the dollar bill business, and suggest that this note should be killed. Been there, done that. The end result? I fulfilled my promise of not voting for their re-election.  I doubt very seriously any of the three representatives ever read their letters; I am sure some interns chucked them. Edited by jbuck
07/02/2009 5:30 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2520 Posts |
I'll have some fun soon! I have almost $40.00 worth of Ikes to spread around town (keeping the nicer ones). People, especially younger cashiers are really confused with half dollars. Fortunately I usually spend the half dollars by the roll and they clearly state $10.00 on it.
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Valued Member
United States
121 Posts |
I spend halves and Ikes all the time. Just bought a jar of salsa for dinner with 2 Ikes and 2 sacagawea coins. The clerks seem to get a kick out of me when I hand them a handful.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
528 Posts |
At the coin store I work at instead of buying ikes and common halves from people we just tell them to go and spend them at any store. I think its a nice way to have non-collectors spend the weird money. We actually have them spend $5 silver certificates too unless they are in nicer condition.
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Posted 07/02/2009 1:22 pm
