Sacagawea Dollar Coins - Time To Go!

What I understand is that the Presidential dollar run was open ended, but it reached an impasse at Bush #1 and can only continue two years after his death.

Even if they waited for that scenario, then you have to wait for Clinton...

They're gonna have to come up with something else if they want to keep making dollar coins.

They skipped Carter completely because he's still alive.

Edit to add: I love this series but I do wonder how much longer they can keep being interesting. The main reason to stop would be when they finally decide to stop making bills and have a legitimate reason for getting people to switch to coins (like they should have done 18 years ago), but there are so many in vaults that even that may not bring them all back into circulation fast enough.

IMHO ,I personally dislike all modern Dollar coins . so I would like for all of them to be discontinued . Lets face it they are not being used in everyday commerce . 99% of them are for collectors only .
Sorry, just not a fan .

I think we should do something similar to Canada's $1 and $2 coins. I have a few of each that I picked up in Victoria last summer, and I think they seem more durable in terms of unattractive toning than the NA dollar.

Of course this would go hand-in-hand with discontinuing the dollar bill. If Canada can do it successfully, we can too.

Although I do collect (and buy) all three Sacagawea coins each year, it would be no loss to me if they were discontinued. As mentioned earlier, collectors are about the only people who care at all about having ANY dollar coin.

If the paper dollar ever gets discontinued then there MIGHT finally be a reasonable desire for any coins larger than a quarter. The US has never been interested in dollar coins, which include Sac's, Prez, Suzy's, Ike's, Peace, and Morgan dollars. For any coins made before 1880 I have no personal knowledge of, so I'd have to ask my father.

What kind of toning are you getting, histman? Can you upload a pic? Reason I ask is because I would think toning- generally speaking- would be a good thing.

The Sacagawea dollar, with the Indian princess on the obverse, and the reverse changing, is the only dollar coin in production now. Yes, it's only made for collectors, as the Presidential dollars also were only struck for collectors after 2011. No telling when or if production will stop.

Since actively reading this forum, I've become very interested in buying rolls from the bank for spending purposes. Seems like an ideal coin to me for this. Maybe, I'll change my tune after doing it for a while, don't know yet.

Dollar coins died with me when the edge lettering appeared. The coins tone very uglyish. Why mint billions of these monstrosities for just for collectors when the general public wants nothing to do with them? And the question remains, what is to happen with the billions of these coins sitting in government vaults?