US Small Dollar $1 Coins SBA , Sacagawea, Presidents & American Innovation

Nice finds!


Not me.

Interesting article, and 2011, so who knows how many there are now.

Personally, and this has nothing to do with the politics or having a little fun, we should drop the paper dollar and switch to the coin. People are of course resistant to change, and as long as they can choose, they will stick with the old way.

What idiot, the first time around, decided that we should have a dollar coin that's so close to a quarter in size and color, that people can't easily differentiate the two. Designed to fail? At least the new ones stand out, but too late, the general population was burned and offended and no one wants the dollar coin.

Lady at the bank said, with the coin shortage (there's a coin shortage?) people are turning in their dollar coins that they saved. Hey, nice for me.

Years ago I asked to buy bags of half-dollars from a different bank, right from the coin counter. Hey unsearched, that I know is honestly, unsearched. Oh we can't do that, against bank policy.

Maybe the feds are tired of taking back dollar coins and paying to warehouse them. So they have asked the banks to keep them?

Pretty nice, 8 rolls and I have a complete starter set of the first 20 issues. Some look like fresh from the mint, maybe people did like my Brother and bought a roll of every one as they were issued. Some look really shiny, maybe from mint sets? Different colors. Or they are those trashed plated "collectors" coins.

One more month of fun, then Spring = back to work.

Have fun and Cheerio

Quick? It has been over four years now.

Congratulations PPorro, it appears to me you made a $3 profit!
Of course, I used the "old" math I learned in the 1960's to add up your results, so I'm probably wrong. The old way of adding things was evidently 'no good' anymore, because they had to create a new method (CORE) for kids now-a-days.

Anyways, I'm glad you got a nice mix of 'goldies'. The next time when I go to my bank I'll have to see if they ever have any dollar coins. I've never really asked for any (because all my sets are complete), but I'd still like to know.

Sac dollars are made each year for the mint sets and proof sets and rolls yada yada. the legislation was that they were for circulation. president dollars were the same thing but the series ended.
they could stop making them for distribution to banks but they still needed to mint them for rolls and mint/proof set sales.

In fact, the innovation dollars bill wouldn't have passed if it were written as needing to circulate and mandatory production. instead it was written as "issuance of numismatic coins" this is why they won't turn up at banks or in the annual mint and proof sets unless someone buys them from the mint and then turns them loose to circulation.

do this kind of searching when I have the extra money, mostly I take whatever the bank tellers have, occasionally I'd go tot the train station, buy the cheapest ticket wit a $20 and take the dollar coins change also and leave the cheap ticket for whoever wants a free ride on the machine, any port in a storm!

I got a folder for the Presidential dollars from Hobby Lobby they used to have a 40% off one item coupon on the website, that folder can't take the weight of them though but it was cheap and covered P+D I collect them from face value from banks and such also. but dumping dollar coins is a problem so I'm doing it small scale, like $50 at a time tops.

If the USPS didn't change their machines, I used to buy the smallest stamp offering and the change came back in all coins. I can always use stamps, no waste.

Many many SBAs

Thanks for the Hobby Lobby tip, I might go there for the folder.

I never knew anyone that collected those things. Nice going though.