New $1 coin- would the changes make YOU use them?

[StevieG]

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I had no idea they even made them anymore until I wandered into a coin dealer one day

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yikes, me either. Really, they should simply make the half dollar size the new $5 coin

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The half dollar coin is too big.

A $5 coin that was the weight and size of the £1 coin (slightly smaller diameter than a quarter but almost twice as thick), or the old 5 guilder coin would be much better. Very easy to identify from a handful of coins in your hand.



But as The Metetron and others have said, what we really need to do is ditch the penny.

[gusmahler]

For those who've never seen it (it stopped circulating in 1978), here's the "big" dollar:


For some people, that's the way the dollar coin should be, as it goes up in size from the quarter to the half to the whole:



In contrast, the current dollar is a lot smaller than the half:


I disagree. The Eisenhower dollar is way too big. I can easily put 10-20 presidential dollars in my pocket. 20 Eisenhower dollars is just way too big to carry.

(As an aside, it's a lot easier to carry around 20 dollar coins than 20 dollar bills. A lot easier to count them out (no digging out the wallet/money clip), and you don't have to wait for change all the time. It's really useful if you're going to buy a lot of small items (e.g., from street vendors).

As a last picture, I'll show the last 3 big dollars: the Morgan, the Peace, and the Eisenhower:

[CrazyEyez]

Man, that new dollar is stupidly similar to a quarter. Hell, our bills all look the same. Why should coins be any different?

[Yads]

Here's a radical idea. If the mint wants people to use $1 coins, why not take the $1 bills out of circulation?

[J_T_P]

just what we need more god damn change. they need to remove the penny not add a dollar coin

[hmkpoker]

I think we should get rid of coins altogether, and use bills for everything down to the penny [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[GTL]

the metro north ticket vending machines give change in sacagaweas. (i have no idea how to spell her name) I rarely pay in cash for my train tickets, but when i do I hate the dollar coins. they are cumbersome and heavy in my pocket if I get more than two or three.

[BukNaked36]

Why do they keep making them quarter size? Make them bigger, make them an octagon, punch a hole in the middle, whatever... just make it so I don't think it's a quarter everytime.

[TiK]

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Here's a radical idea. If the mint wants people to use $1 coins, why not take the $1 bills out of circulation?

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We Americans are a lazy bunch. We don't want to carry the extra weight. There would be rioting in the streets and attempted coups if this were to happen.

[NickMPK]

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Here's a radical idea. If the mint wants people to use $1 coins, why not take the $1 bills out of circulation?

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We Americans are a lazy bunch. We don't want to carry the extra weight. There would be rioting in the streets and attempted coups if this were to happen.

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If America is so averse to carrying coins, why didn't we get rid of the penny long ago?