More Dollar Coin, $2 Bill, And Half Opposition

I get $2 bills from my bank at face value

I moved this thread to the US Paper Money section. This thread is more about $2 bills, and dollar coins barely get a mention.

If you are on the other side of the counter you do hate 50c coins, $1 coins, and $2 bills simply because you don't have a place to put them.

Most modern cash drawers are designed to take 5 denominations of coins and 5 denominations of bills. The furthest right space for the 50c coin is often used for the registers keys, not coins.

So when you get those odd denominations, you have no where to put them and they are a hassle.

The worst part, however, is that most retail establishments make each person assigned to a drawer cash in and cash out at the end of their shift to insure accuracy on collection and prevent losses.

A FORM is used with a listing of the number of each bill and each coin counted at the end of the shift.

Guess what...they have no place on those forms for 50c coins, you have to combine your $1 coins with $1 bills, and there is no place for a $2 bill.

So when it comes time to cash out a register, those forms (mostly now computerized) won't "accept" those "odd" denominations and you have to end up putting them all under the $1 column, even though you don't have that many $1 bills.

It's a pain. So I understand completely when a cashier just about turns purple when someone is "cute" and pays with a few dollar coins, a couple of 50c coins and a stack of $2 bills. I've seen it, always from collectors trying to get this "stuff" back into circulation, and NO ONE at the store appreciates it.

I hate dollar coins too. Unless they are large dollars. But I love $2 and halves.

I think we should make 50 cent pieces a bronze-color, like the Romanian 50 bani coins. The "golden dollars" are horrible. I've seen Zincolns from the 90s in better condition. Maybe due to the manganese in the coin.