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Somebody actually spent a Carter Quarter (ie SBA)

CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭
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My wife and I took a trip to the fast food joint to get some breakfast and as we came to the window to pay I reached for a quarter in the tray but it seemed a little big. I took a second look and low and behold it was a 1979 Susan B Anthony dollar. I don't know if I recieved it as a quarter and thus netted a tidy 75 cent windfall but I almost spent it as a quarter. Anyway, I haven't seen one of those in circulation in quite a while.
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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    Funny, I've never heard of a SBA dollar mentioned as a Carter Quarter. Took me a moment to make the connection. image

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  • BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭
    I have one in my pocket, ready to spend, just waiting for the right time---------BigE
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  • CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭
    I don't know how widespread that term spread but it goes to the point of why it was not to popular. I think there was a problem with people confusing it with a quarter. Also, the beauty (or lack there of) of the coin obverse was also a factor.
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  • CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I have one in my pocket, ready to spend, just waiting for the right time---------BigE >>




    You got me curious. What would qualify as the right time?
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  • Coins101Coins101 Posts: 2,603 ✭✭✭


    << <i>My wife and I took a trip to the fast food joint to get some breakfast and as we came to the window to pay I reached for a quarter in the tray but it seemed a little big. I took a second look and low and behold it was a 1979 Susan B Anthony dollar. I don't know if I recieved it as a quarter and thus netted a tidy 75 cent windfall but I almost spent it as a quarter. Anyway, I haven't seen one of those in circulation in quite a while. >>



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  • BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>I have one in my pocket, ready to spend, just waiting for the right time---------BigE >>




    You got me curious. What would qualify as the right time? >>



    When I feel like explaining what it is to a waitress, teller etc., cashing it in with other change at the bank, or when I dont have to hide it from the wife and loose 75 cents, when I am buying gas for cash instead of using a card. Or when I feel like watching what the cashier does when there is no place in the register--or they really think they have found somethingimage--------BigE
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  • CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭
    One man's trash is often another man's treasure. I often spend the golden dollars for coffee to do my part and I am still surprised that they take it with no hesitation. I do believe they take them straight to the bank after that though since I have never received one in change.
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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,225 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have some Anthonys and some Ikes in my car to spend, but like BigE says, it will take some effort and explanation just to spend them, and it's mostly a function of wanting to see their reactions.

    When I order a box of the Sac Dollars through the bulk distribution program, my fiancee' likes to spend the ones I don't keep because the clerks have seldom seen them.image
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  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't know how widespread that term spread but it goes to the point of why it was not to popular. I think there was a problem with people confusing it with a quarter. Also, the beauty (or lack there of) of the coin obverse was also a factor. >>



    Given the popularity of today's dollar coin I'm not so sure about that conventional wisdom...
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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Funny, I've never heard of a SBA dollar mentioned as a Carter Quarter. Took me a moment to make the connection. image >>



    ...soon to be changed to the BO dollar image
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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't know how widespread that term spread but it goes to the point of why it was not to popular. I think there was a problem with people confusing it with a quarter. >>

    One time I tried to spend a SBA on a 50 cent item and the lady said I needed to give her another one! image

    << <i>Also, the beauty (or lack there of) of the coin obverse was also a factor. >>

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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,268 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How much does Susan B. Anthony resemble this lady on a 2,000-year old coin?

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    Susan B. Anthony
    Cleopatra

    And both could have used the surname "Anthony".

    I never heard of "Carter dollar", is a Peace dollar now a "Harding dollar"?.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The last one I had I donated it to a charity that was taking collections on the street thinking that it was a quarter. I realized what I'd done when I got home.
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  • CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The last one I had I donated it to a charity that was taking collections on the street thinking that it was a quarter. I realized what I'd done when I got home. >>




    I would not suggest anyone use them to pay a tip. The wait staff might think you stiffed them with some quarters and who knows what they will serve you next time you come in.
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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The last one I had I donated it to a charity that was taking collections on the street thinking that it was a quarter. I realized what I'd done when I got home. >>



    ...just wondering if the charity realized it wasn't a quarter. image
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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,180 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i never heard it put that way before but ive gotten them before in change.
  • PinkFloydPinkFloyd Posts: 1,762 ✭


    << <i>How much does Susan B. Anthony resemble this lady on a 2,000-year old coin?

    image

    Susan B. Anthony
    Cleopatra

    And both could have used the surname "Anthony".

    I never heard of "Carter dollar", is a Peace dollar now a "Harding dollar"?.

    image >>



    Susan B. Anthony invented the time machine too?


    Not sure if I've ever gotten one in change, though I have spent them. Used to get quite a few at the car wash, now it's mostly the pres. dollars. Never had a problem spending one, though the cashiers always look at them. Personally, as a cashier, I'd much rather have to count dollar coins at the end of the day than a bunch of wrinkled up dollar bills which are easier to miscount.
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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,454 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've slowly been spending $500 in Kennedy halves and a smaller number of SBA's - doing my part to get rid of the paper $1. image
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    << <i>How much does Susan B. Anthony resemble this lady on a 2,000-year old coin?

    image

    Susan B. Anthony
    Cleopatra

    And both could have used the surname "Anthony".

    I never heard of "Carter dollar", is a Peace dollar now a "Harding dollar"?.

    image >>



    Wow! Amazing! They even have the same mustache!

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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    ...suzy has better hair. image
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