Common comment about dollar coins

numonebuyer

A lot of my co-workers comment to me how much they hate the size of the SAC and/or the SBA. They don't really care about the coin at all, but really wish it was a size that was larger.

flaminio

<< <i>A lot of my co-workers comment to me how much they hate the size of the SAC and/or the SBA. They don't really care about the coin at all, but really wish it was a size that was larger. >>

Do they say why? One of the common complaints about Ikes was that they were too big.

How do your co-workers deal with the difference between pennies and dimes? The issues are the same as between quarters and Sackies -- similar size, different edges, different colors. If someone can't easily distinguish between quarters and Sackies, how do they get by with pennies and dimes?

BBN

I wonder why they hate the size. I agree the public hated the size of the Ike so they shrank the SBA. They hated the SBA because they mistook it for a quarter. They smoothed the edges and gold colored the Sac and they're still having problems? I'm sur the real root reason for America's love for paper ones is because 5-10 paper bills carry easier than a pocket full of coin dollars. If they ditched the papr bill in favor of a coin America would get used to it.

DickyBetz

<< <i>If they ditched the papr bill in favor of a coin America would get used to it. >>

tmot99

I would like to see a dollar coin about the size of a nickel but double its' thickness. Similar to the British pound.

coppercoins

Most people just don't like the idea of spending a dollar coin regardless of their size...they just want something to complain about. If the BEP would stop printing dollar bills, I think a lot of people would learn to take to the dollar coin and quit bit@&ing about it. I get really tired of hearing the whining. We are the only developed Western country that still insists on making a low value unit currency just because our people are stubborn. Canada, England, the EU, and most other countries did away with their unit currency years ago.

LastExitInNY

Larger? Coin envy.

samingeorgia

Within two weeks of the issuance of the SBA, even after all the fanfare on TV and the newspapers, I got an SBA in change in place of a quarter. And I wouldn't have noticed except that as a long-time collector, I tend to look at my change at night when I take it out of my pockets.

I think one big holdback on the use of dollar coins is the way cash register drawers are designed. There are enough slots for the coins, and bills go in the trays with the spring-secured holders. If you didn't have dollar bills, you'd have to remove the spring thing ( no big deal ) and when the drawer is slammed shut, one or more dollars could bounce out on the back side and get lost or jam the drawer ( which would be a big deal ).

Outhaul

<< <i>If they ditched the papr bill in favor of a coin America would get used to it >>



Oddly enough, I lived in the UK when they went from the one pound note to the one pound coin. The public hated the coin, but the government just said TOUGH...it's much less expensive than one pound notes and they last longer. The public complained but the government held fast. And guess what...the public got used to it.

Too bad our government doesn't just do the right thing. Put the dollar coin in circulation and stop printing one dollar bills and begin recalling them from banks.

Cheers,

Bob

FoundingFather

I don't like or want to use dollar coins because I generally avoid carrying change. It's more convenient to have practically weightless paper in your wallet, not able to come out, get lost, fumble out when you take something else out, etc. like coins. I think it's more a problem of convenience than not being able to distinguish.

Coinhusker1

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<< <i>If they ditched the papr bill in favor of a coin America would get used to it >>



Oddly enough, I lived in the UK when they went from the one pound note to the one pound coin. The public hated the coin, but the government just said TOUGH...it's much less expensive than one pound notes and they last longer. The public complained but the government held fast. And guess what...the public got used to it.

Too bad our government doesn't just do the right thing. Put the dollar coin in circulation and stop printing one dollar bills and begin recalling them from banks.

Cheers,

Bob >>



That is what Canada did too -- they got used to it, and when I visited Canada, I found it handy to have the loonies and $2 bills instead of a wad of $1 bills. I have not been to Canada since they replaced the $2 bills with the twoonies, but I suspect they got used to those as well.

Sadly, the U.S. government did not learn from the success of our neighbors to the North, and instead repeated the same disaster as with the SBA.

Conder101

<< <i>If someone can't easily distinguish between quarters and Sackies, how do they get by with pennies and dimes? >>


And if they can't tell SBA's from quarters, how do they tell quarters and nickels apart? Same size difference there, and the same color.



<< <i> We are the only developed Western country that still insists on making a low value unit currency just because our people are stubborn. Canada, England, the EU, and most other countries did away with their unit currency years ago. >>


And the greater insult is that we were the FIRST country to introduce the small size unit coin. All the other countries watched what we did, learned from our mistakes, and then successfully made the switch. After twenty years we realized the color needed to be different, maybe after another twenty we will realize that the paper version needs to be withdrawn as well.

Sparhawk

Seems US is lagging in this area. Japan has coinage for Y1, Y5, Y10, Y50, Y100 and Y500. (translated .01, .05, .10, .50, $1.00 and $5.00). The first bill they have is Y1000 which is $10. They only bills they have are Y1000, Y5000 and Y10,000 (Just add 2 decimals places) Wanna blow your mind, put a $10 bill in a vending machine to buy a coke sometime.... Or paying $2500 rent (Y275,000 in Y10,000 bills.

We should get rid of the lower denomination bills, I like dealing with coins better.

Sparhawk

paigowjohnny

I'd like to see a dollar coin that doesn't have some statement of political correctness on the obverse.