Topic: Would you use a dollar coin?

[andy750]

It seems most would not...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10783019

[mick750F]

   Yeah, I use them...to add to my collection of $1 coins. I don't think I've ever spent one, or a 50¢ coin, or a $2 bill. I don't think they'll ever replace the $1 bill because they're too heavy. Imagine 10 or 12 heavy coins bouncing around in your pocket, or in your case Andy...your purse. Although with that much weight the purse could be a formidable weapon.

Mike

[Sam Green Racing]

In Andys case it's a sporan not a purse If you think of it, it makes economical sence in respect of the cost of keep replacing the $1 bill. If the $2 bill was used more, there's every chance that when you spent a $1 and tendered a $5 note you would get 2 $2 bills and not 4 $1 coins.
I wonder how many Americans know that the $2 bill exsists, I've got one in my wallet at the moment.

Sam.

[my78k]

We have $1 coins (Loonies) and 2$ coins (Twoonies) up here north of the border and have for many years...basically the strippers are happy as they got a substantial raise!! Have you ever tried to stick a coin in a G-String?

Dennis

[cb650]

Coin slots        I use a keep $1 coins.  Any that are in good shape.  Have a few $2 bills also.   When I went to G/J last spring found a Indian head nickle at the gas pump. 

[CycleRanger]

I get a roll of dollar coins about once a month from the bank.
I like them.  I love the reaction I get when I spend them.
They're also great for handing to panhandlers.  They think it's a quarter.

I really wish we had  $2 and $5 coins in the US.

I liked the 2 pound coins I used when I was in Gr. Britain.

[morethrottle]

You can drill holes in them and use them as washers to increase the value of your bike.......

[BobbyR]

We have $1 coins (Loonies) and 2$ coins (Twoonies) up here north of the border and have for many years...basically the strippers are happy as they got a substantial raise!! Have you ever tried to stick a coin in a G-String?

Dennis

Do you really want to handle a paper bill that has been in a stripper butt crack. 

[Duke McDukiedook]

Yeah, I'd much rather put a coin in the slot. 

Coins, dollars, it's all filthy lucre to me.

[Blasbo]

I mainly use coins for vending machines and they only take dimes, nickels and quarters or bills. The cost of reworking or replacing those machines is probably slowing down adoption of $1 coins.
Cash drawers aren't set up for two dollar bills plus they don't take them at Taco Bell. 
http://www.snopes.com/business/money/tacobell.asp

[754]

I use 1 and 2$ coins nearly everyday

 Our 1's are gold color, 2's are silver or chrome, with gold center..

 Bobby.. around here the peelers dont give the money back.. ya never know where ANY money has been..

[BobbyR]

I use 1 and 2$ coins nearly everyday

 Our 1's are gold color, 2's are silver or chrome, with gold center..

 Bobby.. around here the peelers dont give the money back.. ya never know where ANY money has been..

Quite right.

There are a lot of vending machines that now use the Dollar coin as change as it cuts down on the other coins needed to make change.
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[74cb750]

Hey Blasbo,
I liked the $2 story and can believe it happened. Mainly because when the $1 coin first came out I rushed to the bank and purchased 3 rolls to use as tips.
Many, many times a waitress would stop me on the way out and question the validity of the coins. 

peace,
michel

[flybox1]

We have $1 coins (Loonies) and 2$ coins (Twoonies) up here north of the border and have for many years...basically the strippers are happy as they got a substantial raise!! Have you ever tried to stick a coin in a G-String?

Dennis

Do you really want to handle a paper bill that has been in a stripper butt crack. 

only if she's still attached 

[demon78]

Yes 78k a long time ago in Montreal and right after that, all us drunken airmen got pitched out of the club, some strippers and bouncers have no sense of humor.
Bill the demon.

[cb650]

You can drill holes in them and use them as washers to increase the value of your bike.......

I acually did that on the last two trailers I built.

[Retro Rocket]

You guys really are scared of "change"..... ...sorry.....

Mick

[Grnrngr]

I use them frequently, get them as change from the machines. Seems a better value, a 15 cent piece of metal rather than a 5 cent piece of paper... and it LOOKS like gold...sortof...if you squint real hard...

[seaweb11]

You guys really are scared of "change"..... ...sorry.....

Mick

Really.....  Small bills cost more to make than they are worth now don't they?  Coins last virtually forever.
Canadian here, yes you do end up with a pocket full of change at the end of a day, drop in in a bucket in the garage and buy more parts

[seaweb11]

It seems most would not...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10783019

P.S. just saw this one.
If they stop printing $1.00 bills and give you a coin, you will use them

[Retro Rocket]

You guys really are scared of "change"..... ...sorry.....

Mick

Really.....  Small bills cost more to make than they are worth now don't they?  Coins last virtually forever.
Canadian here, yes you do end up with a pocket full of change at the end of a day, drop in in a bucket in the garage and buy more parts

We have had the $1and $2 coins for quite a while now with no problems at all and as Derek has hinted, the old money box holds a bit more than it used too so it has its upside as well. NZ has the same thing.

Mick

[Cqyqte]

We have $1 coins (Loonies) and 2$ coins (Twoonies) up here north of the border and have for many years...basically the strippers are happy as they got a substantial raise!! Have you ever tried to stick a coin in a G-String?

Dennis

Oh, I thought that's what the slit was for....

[Retro Rocket]

We have $1 coins (Loonies) and 2$ coins (Twoonies) up here north of the border and have for many years...basically the strippers are happy as they got a substantial raise!! Have you ever tried to stick a coin in a G-String?

Dennis

Oh, I thought that's what the slit was for....

Ahhhhhh....is that where money box came from.....

Mick

[Cqyqte]

  cheezy

[supersports400]

Hi,

1 euro coin, 2 euro coin, before the euro we did have a 5 guilder coin.

Jensen