Do you think the mint will employ bi-metallic concepts in the future?

wingedliberty

2000 Library of Congress bi-metallic commem


This coin is very immpressive. I know that it is expensive to mint, but why did we not pursue it
more? The possibilities are endless. Other mints employ it on a wide scale with great numismatic
success.

Your thoughts?

Brian.

Bear

With our Mint, we will probably get bimetal of lead and zinc.

Maybe we can use it to make a battery.

presleyh

bimetalic is not necessarily expensive. I think its the 25 lire that has a coin set into another coin. Its really neat looking but it won't buy a postage stamp as to its value. I think the coin you mention is just a gimicky thing that we won't see again.

cladking

The mint seems intent on making more bimetallic coins. Maybe when we
get some more useful high denominations they can be bimetallic.


edited for typo.

flaminio

I'd like to see a circulating bimetallic $2 coin -- a little larger than a Sackie, but not as big as a half.

JD

They sort of already do...don't they? Couldn't clad type coins be considered bi-metalitic?

Twowood

Is Silver over Copper considered bi-metal? Twowood

Draco

I'd love to see a few bi-metallic coins. It would be nice to see a useful re-design of the half dollar in bi-metal and a bi-metallic version of the sac (or some other design). I think for something like that to be successful, the mint will have to get the coin-op/vending industry involved a few years ahead of time and without a doubt, the one dollar bill must be retired during the first year.

Speaking of coin-op/vending. . I read that the SAC design had to be the same size as the SBA so it would work in vending machines. I don't think I've ever seen a vending machine that accepts the SBA. Has anyone else?

richbeat

There are vending machines out there that accept dollar coins. I've only seen one--at a Hampton Inn my family stayed at on our trip to Woodward, PA last year. And I didn't have any Sacs to put in it.

wingedliberty

The post office accepts sacs and sba dollars in their machines.

Brian.

Twowood

The Long Island RR here on Long Island, NY, accepts and dispenses them for change. Twowood

Woodwind

<< <i>There are vending machines out there that accept dollar coins. I've only seen one--at a Hampton Inn my family stayed at on our trip to Woodward, PA last year. And I didn't have any Sacs to put in it. >>



That's interesting. I've seen several vending machines here in the LA area that accept the Sac $. I've spent a couple.

To answer the subject at hand, I think for the time being the bi-metallic won't be employed by the US Mint on regular business coinage, at least not until the dollar coin is more widely accepted. For commemoratives I think we'll see some more bi-metallics.