Presidential Dollars

That would be a cool experiement, however I have to believe that the way that the general public views money nowadays something like this

1. debit/credit card
2. cash
3. checks

IMHO most people would just rather have five one dollar bills as opposed to having five big clanky coins jingling in their pockets as they walk.

I use them like any coin - in fact, I'd much rather carry one prez dollar than four quarters or even a dollar bill - and I've seen them in cash registers. I also use them for tips at restaurants and with my barber - she loves them. I'd say that they are slowly gaining acceptance from the mere fact that no one in my travels between Denver and New York has ever questioned me about them. My gut feeling is that the commemorative quarter program, with its wide range of reverse subjects, has pre-conditioned people to accept "different" coins as payment.

---collect them all or not at all




No. They may be hard to find in circulation, but they are not rare.

here are the numbers

             D             P           total 
Washington 163,680,000   176,680,000  340,360,000   
Adams      112,140,000   112,420,000  224,560,000   
Jefferson  102,810,000   100,800,000  203,610,000   
Madison     87,780,000   84,560,000   172,340,000   

Monroe      60,230,000   64,260,000   124,490,000   
Adams       57,720,000   57,540,000   115,260,000   
Jackson     61,070,000   61,180,000   122,250,000   
Van Buren   50,960,000   51,520,000   102,480,000   

Harrison    55,160,000   43,260,000    98,420,000   
Tyler       43,540,000   43,540,000    87,080,000   
Polk        41,720,000   46,620,000    88,340,000   
Taylor      36,680,000   41,580,000    78,260,000   

Fillmore    36,960,000   37,520,000    74,480,000   
Pierce      38,360,000   38,220,000    76,580,000   
Buchanan    36,540,000   36,820,000    73,360,000   
Lincoln     48,020,000   49,000,000    97,020,000

Mint Sets and Proof Sets will have them until the program is over.

I just started to pick these up. I never thought I would after the State Quarters program.

Haven't much money for extras lately so I grab some from the bank, keep the best of each pres, and spend the rest.

I'm starting to like them.

Haven't had the ambition for the parks quarters though.

i belive most post offices have removed the vending machines

http://www.usps.com/communications/...009_0410.htm