USA $ 1 Coin versus $ 1 bill.... yes or no ??

[dukehjsteve]

OK, I'm an admitted Coin Nut ( aka Numismatist) so here goes.....

Every effort of our government to make a $ 1 coin a success has met with incredible failure... as the Powers At Be do not have the political courage to do the only thing needed.... STOP printing $ 1 bills ! It's estimated that having 1 dollar coins instead of 1 dollar bills would SAVE BETWEEN 500 MILLION and ONE BILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY . Canada did it ( and even now has the "Toonie" as well as the " Loonie") , why can't we ? And most other countries also now have a coin for the same approximate purchasing power as $ 1 rather than a paper bill.

What does the Learned Electorate here think ?

[Daisy]

Re: USA $ 1 Coin versus $ 1 bill.... yes or no ??

Coin (not a voter though)

[bad hammy]

Not a fan of carrying coins.

[gm]

Paper. Forever. Hate coins. Hate hate hate.

[lonewolf]

Mixed emotions. When silver dollars were in vogue, a dollar would buy something. Now you would have to have re-inforced pockets if you happened to have a run of dollars.
I guess I am bi-monetary.

[kuha]

I'm fine with coins... It probably helps to have had experience in countries that do have the equivalent of $1 and $2 coins... It is truly amazing that I NEVER see a dollar coin in "normal" circulation.

[tandfman]

As with the metric system, we're in a minority here, and I'd be very happy to see us switch to $1 and $2 coins. A lot easier to deal with, IMHO.

[gh]

Paper. Forever. Hate coins. Hate hate hate.

Interestingly enough, I'm dichotomous here. When at home I never carry any coins at all. Indeed detest them.

But when I'm travelling in Europe, I've always got a huge pocketfull; just seems the natural thing to do.

ps--I hate paper too. Plastic. Forever!

[gh]

Oh yeah, while they're at it, they should stop making pennies as well. Talk about horrific waste. (last time I looked, it costs more than a penny to make one these days)

[Conor Dary]

I really like the 1 and 2 quid coins in the UK.

Will never work here until they trash the dollar bill. And ditto on the pennies.

[bad hammy]

With local parking meters costing a quarter every 7.5 minutes (parking meters being the only thing I every use coins for) I'd say kill the nickles and dimes along with the pennies.

[Cooter Brown]

Oh yeah, while they're at it, they should stop making pennies as well. Talk about horrific waste. (last time I looked, it costs more than a penny to make one these days)

Actually, I wouldn't care if they rounded to the nearest $0.25. The quarter is the only coin I can stand.

[polevaultpower]

The stamp machines in post offices used to give out dollar coins as change, but they are being phased out in favor of the APC machine (which only uses credit/debit cards).

[gh]

About 10 years ago I went into the PO to buy some stamps from the machine. It was after hours and all I had was a 20, and it was a bill that had to be postmarked, so I put a 20 into the machine and bought like a dollar's worth of stamps.

It sounded like Vegas as it ka-chinged out 19 Susan B. Anthonys. When I saw what a mess it was going to be to pack those off I decided I'd just buy a ton more stamps. Except...... the machine didn't accept dollar coins!!!!

I drove my bartender nuts for a couple of weeks always tipping him with silver dollars.

[dukehjsteve]

The stamp machines in post offices used to give out dollar coins as change, but they are being phased out in favor of the APC machine (which only uses credit/debit cards).

Very true, and they were the ONLY place you saw/received dollar coins. But those new machines are very user friendly.