Anyone else "Had it" with new dollar coins?

I just can't bring myself to buy any of the new pres bucks...especially graded ones. New coins, new holders, type A, type B, smooth edge....what's that make...20 pres varieties a year? plus the 2 sac dollars. I've just had enough. I'll probably get the 2 2007 sacs and finish up until that date. Maybe I just got old, or my tastes are way too simple. I might have thought about getting them if I could have found any MS65 ones in the regular holders.
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to understand the fate of the franklin, er US mint.
they are producing junk.. but some people like it for now, until they reach burnout
which takes a few years of this nonsense.
i totally agree with you. i have had it.
<< <i>All one has to do is look at the post office and how they abused stamp collectors
to understand the fate of the franklin, er US mint. >>
<< <i>All one has to do is look at the post office and how they abused stamp collectors
to understand the fate of the franklin, er US mint.
they are producing junk.. but some people like it for now, until they reach burnout
which takes a few years of this nonsense.
i totally agree with you. i have had it. >>
I'm SICK of the excuses the Goverment has for the dollar coin not circulating.
As long as there's a dollar bill, we'll never have a circulating dollar coin.
bummer
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<< <i>I'm SICK of the excuses the Goverment has for the dollar coin not circulating.
As long as there's a dollar bill, we'll never have a circulating dollar coin. >>
As long as there's no more Coin Coalition or similar organization, there's probably no chance. Someone probably needs to step up to bat. I'm kind of surprised no one has picked up the torch.
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<< <i>All one has to do is look at the post office and how they abused stamp collectors
to understand the fate of the franklin, er US mint.
they are producing junk.. but some people like it for now, until they reach burnout
which takes a few years of this nonsense.
i totally agree with you. i have had it. >>
I'm SICK of the excuses the Goverment has for the dollar coin not circulating.
As long as there's a dollar bill, we'll never have a circulating dollar coin. >>
I just came back from Japan and they have a 100, and 500yen coin. The smallest denomination paper money they use is 100yen which is close to $10us. This is a cash society where most transactions are done in cash. Put in a 10,000 yen note into the train ticket booth and you actually get 1000 yen notes back as change. I was so scared of getting $90 back in coins.
I actually spend the dollar coins for lunch etc. Its much easier to ask at the bank for a bunch of dollar coins instead of dollar bills. I got a funny look when I asked for $200 in singles at the bank.
<< <i>I actually spend the dollar coins for lunch etc. Its much easier to ask at the bank for a bunch of dollar coins instead of dollar bills. I got a funny look when I asked for $200 in singles at the bank. >>
That's what we need
<< <i>Maybe I just got old, or my tastes are way too simple. >>
Or maybe the Mint has found a new kind of collector to cater to?
<< <i>All one has to do is look at the post office and how they abused stamp collectors
to understand the fate of the franklin, er US mint. >>
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
<< <i>All one has to do is look at the post office and how they abused stamp collectors
to understand the fate of the franklin, er US mint.
they are producing junk.. but some people like it for now, until they reach burnout
which takes a few years of this nonsense.
i totally agree with you. i have had it. >>
Same here -- After ordering from the Mint for over 30 years, no more -- the prexy bucks and the spouse gold crap was the last straw. And I am unloading over 90% of the stuff I bought from the Mint over those years, except for one each of the Proof ASEs.
<< <i>Of course the stores take them out of circulation because they don't want to risk offending people by handing them out in change >>
Why is it considered offensive?
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<< <i>Of course the stores take them out of circulation because they don't want to risk offending people by handing them out in change >>
Why is it considered offensive? >>
Most people will reject them and ask for bills. If 90% of your customers do, it's easier to just have a blanket policy of never handing them out unless asked.
<< <i>All one has to do is look at the post office and how they abused stamp collectors
to understand the fate of the franklin, er US mint.
they are producing junk.. but some people like it for now, until they reach burnout
which takes a few years of this nonsense. >>
That might be a good time to buy.
<< <i>SICK of the excuses the Goverment has for the dollar coin not circulating. >>
Write your congressmen and state senator's. Let em know what your thoughts are and how rediculous it is to continue producing these coins that don' circulate! Let em know that billions of these will sit in Government vaults until they get rid of the paper buck! Ask them if they or anybody on their staff has ever received one in change let alone saw one other than what the mint distributes!
I did and I'm not afraid to admit it!
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ANA members that think this has gone on too long may consider asking the ANA to get more involved with modern numismatic issues, which center around DC.
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Ike, SBA, Sac and now the pres dollar. all failures in the eyes of the American public, as they just won't circulate. I imagine the pres dollars will suffer the same fate as many of the Sac dollars, being shipped to Ecuador and other South American countries as foreign aid.
These come from the first day of actual production and they are CERTIFIED by the US Mint as such.
You get a Cancelled Stamp where 1 in 11 has a PCN Number such as V111 for GW which is a collector's item
You might get an error Coin as shown below. You do not need much more, IMHO.
Hoard the keys.
<< <i>All one has to do is look at the post office and how they abused stamp collectors
to understand the fate of the franklin, er US mint. >>
I don't think I've ever heard anyone say anything nice about the designs on the dollar coins. To me, since the peace design was replaced, each one has been more ugly than the next, and the quality of the designs has degenerated into cartoon drawings with very little relief and detail. I'm happy for the collectors who like them and choose to collect them, bit they're definitely not for me...
--Christian
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Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
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<< <i>I've begged several local banks to let me exchange some of my paper dollars for the new coins. None of the banks stock them. >>
Maybe it's a good time to invest in warehouses in the vicinity of the US mint branches.
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But, a nice one dollar coin every year isn't a bad thing either, in my opinion. It's just that they've made it into a "circulating commemorative" coin.
What dollar coins have ever really circulated well? We would have to go back to wearing suspenders again if that happened.
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They spend just fine, and work in the vending machines at the college to buy my Dr. Pepper. They work well for tips at restaurants, and if the government ever pulls their heads out of their a$$es we might just be able to get rid of the rag dollar and use these things regularly. Kids seem to think they're cool, and the coins might just help the kids know who their presidents were. Over 90% of all adults can't even name half of the 43 presidents, and fewer than 1 in 100,000 can put all of them in order.
Oh...you mean collecting them??? Heh...never even thought they'd be worth collecting, I just like to spend them.
The first lady gold coins?? Heh...there's a farce for you. A waste of resources, time, energy, money, you name it.
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I have only seen on GW and that was because the bank only had one. When I was younger, I started collecting stamps, then the post office got out of control. Too many stamps, killed the joy since I didn't have the funding. Now we have the dollar coins with numerous errors and varieties. The state quarters were ok since my kids spend quarters, but I have no time for the presidential dollar design/series.
60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
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<< <i>I run a business in Missouri and use all of the dollar coins instead of one dollar bills. Some of the customers have no idea the mini dollar even exits. They have never seen an Anthony, Sac, or Presidential dollar. Each person I have given them to have readily accepted them. I was just wondering how the American public can be opposed to a coin that they don't know about and have never seen? I think the coin would circulate if the banks would start using them in preferance to paper. >>
The American people aren't really opposed to a dollar coin......but Ted Kennedy and Crane Paper Co. sure as heck are opposed to the idea.
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But I am really burned out on the US Mint in general. Other than my subscriptions, I have not bought much from them.
I screwed myself buying two of the first spouse Washington coins. I hope to not lose more than 50% by waiting until Christmas to sell them. A good flipper, I am not.
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<< <i>I really liked the first dollar coin. It allowed me to buy a new camera.
But I am really burned out on the US Mint in general. Other than my subscriptions, I have not bought much from them.
I screwed myself buying two of the first spouse Washington coins. I hope to not lose more than 50% by waiting until Christmas to sell them. A good flipper, I am not.
Jonathan >>
How are you "screwed" with the spouses? They are selling at nearly 50% above the issue price. Did you buy them somewhere else?
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