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

[CrazyEyez]

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embrace coins, they are infinitely superior. you're all just being luddites.

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If coins are so superior, why do we have bills at all?

I've yet to see a convincing reason as to why they're superior. Except the guy that throws them in a jar and cashes in once a year. But for those of us with savings accounts and 401ks, thats really unneccesary. (I don't take the maximum withholding on my paychecks so that I get a huge refund at the end of the year either.)

It's pretty simple. As far as my pocket is concerned:

wallet >>>>>>>> wallet + multiple metal objects (that fall out when I sit in my car)

[XXXNoahXXX]

My favorite commercial is Kermit the Frog for the Mint talking about state quarters and he says

"The most exciting change our country has ever seen"


Not the most exciting change in coins or currency, just the most exciting ever.

[talentdeficit]

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embrace coins, they are infinitely superior. you're all just being luddites.

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If coins are so superior, why do we have bills at all?


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a great question. in most european countries and canada, they are already preparing to transistion to a cashless economy. there are huge economic costs to doing so, however, so they're moving slowly.

[TheMetetron]

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It's a wallet. Like the same as any bi/tri-fold wallet. Except one of the folds has a little pouch on the inside for coins. It's not anything remotely close to a purse.

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Keeping coins in a wallet makes sitting extremely uncomfortable for those of us (I imagine it's a lot of people?) who keep their wallet in the back pocket.

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I do this. It's not. The point is the coins are so intuitive that you never have more than a few coins at a time anyways.

[StevieG]

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Higher bills than $100 should definitely be made again. ($1,000 for starters).

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Not to say I think it is a bad idea, but there is no way the drug-war fightin', terrorist-crazed Federal government is going to put $500 bills in circulation, let alone thousand notes.

[Reprobate]

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My favorite commercial is Kermit the Frog for the Mint talking about state quarters and he says

"The most exciting change our country has ever seen"


Not the most exciting change in coins or currency, just the most exciting ever.

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Maybe you are just not getting the pun?

[DonkeyKongSr]

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My favorite commercial is Kermit the Frog for the Mint talking about state quarters and he says

"The most exciting change our country has ever seen"


Not the most exciting change in coins or currency, just the most exciting ever.

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Maybe you are just not getting the pun?

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Yeah, I think that went right over his head.

[astroglide]

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everyone in canada (EVERYONE) complained when we phased out the $1 and $2 bills in favour of coins. approximately zero people now, years later, would be in favour of going back to the old system.

embrace coins, they are infinitely superior. you're all just being luddites.

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you forgot to include the part where you say WHY you think they're superior.

[DonkeyKongSr]

Aren't coins an outdated system for money anyway, with the origin being from metals that had actual significant value beyond the value printed on them?

[SixT4]

I'm from the UK and if I had the choice I'd want £1 notes instead of coins...