Dollar Coins

[Carnevil9]

erm...
we were supposed to convert to the metric system, how many years ago?
the only place i saw that really come about was in the hospital for weights and measures...

And booze. That's all metric now.

 

[Lisa Denton]

I like to have some cash on me, and often use it.

Strippers would prolly like it if you stuck a credit card in thier g-strings, but if you try to throw some coins in her panties a fight could break out.

I don't like having to have a pocket or purse full of coins. Dollar coins are ok if they are different in size from quarters, but I still want to be able to pull out some lightweight one dollar bills to pay for a cup of coffee or a coke.

Some bright inventor should make something that only costs a penny. We think our grandparents are senile when they start talking about "penny bubble gum" but they really used to have some (I think) and if somebody made something like for instance, single m&m's for a penny, they would prolly get rich, and put pennies out of our jars and back into circulation.

Coins is ok, but what is the cokeheads gonna snort with?

We need choices.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

Some bright inventor should make something that only costs a penny. We think our grandparents are senile when they start talking about "penny bubble gum" but they really used to have some (I think) and if somebody made something like for instance, single m&m's for a penny, they would prolly get rich, and put pennies out of our jars and back into circulation.

There is some talk about getting rid of the penny entirely. A penny costs 1.4 cents to produce. And they seem to disappear rather quickly. The life span seems to be only about 15 years, then they become fairly rare these days.

 

[matriarch]

Don't understand why people would have problems with dollar coins.

We've had Loonies (one dollar coins) and Toonies (two dollar coins) for ages. They're very handy.

Same here, we did away with £1 notes years ago, and before that, not long after decimalisation in 1971 they got rid of the 10/- (ten shillings, 50p now) note and replaced it with the 50p coin..and now we have the £2 coin.

The smallest note we have now, is £5, just less than $10. Much better.

I would hate us to go back to paper money.

Sterling coinage

 

[Misty_Morning]

erm...
we were supposed to convert to the metric system, how many years ago?
the only place i saw that really come about was in the hospital for weights and measures...

Actually my entire professional career has utilized the metric system. In fact I can't think of any type of laboratory that doesn't.

 

[Misty_Morning]

There is some talk about getting rid of the penny entirely. A penny costs 1.4 cents to produce. And they seem to disappear rather quickly. The life span seems to be only about 15 years, then they become fairly rare these days.

That's cuz they're all in the buttom of my purse and in every drawer and the multitude of jars I have scattered around my house and every nook and cranny of my car.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

That's cuz they're all in the buttom of my purse and in every drawer and the multitude of jars I have scattered around my house and every nook and cranny of my car.

You and ever other person in Amerial

 

[oggbashan]

...I liked the pound coin when I was in the UK. I understand they don't have it anymore.

We still have the pound coin. We also have a two pound coin. We have had a commemorative five pound coin but not in general use.

All our coins are designed so that they can be distinguished by feel in the dark, or by the blind. Our different value notes are also different sizes - same reason.

Og

 

[matriarch]

That's cuz they're all in the buttom of my purse and in every drawer and the multitude of jars I have scattered around my house and every nook and cranny of my car.

When Min and I were clearing her house ready to sell and move on.....the amount of pennies, dimes, nickels and quarters we found in jars, boxes, all over the house was amazing. We made so many trips to the bank......but only after I'd spent hours and hours tubing them all up!! Over here, its much easier, we just put them in bags with fold over tops. The tubes for the pennies dimes and nickels were so freakin' heavy, we had them in boxes, and could barely lift them.

The bank wasn't too happy each time Min arrived, but I think we banked around $250 in total. so it was worth it.

 

[Misty_Morning]

When Min and I were clearing her house ready to sell and move on.....the amount of pennies, dimes, nickels and quarters we found in jars, boxes, all over the house was amazing. We made so many trips to the bank......but only after I'd spent hours and hours tubing them all up!! Over here, its much easier, we just put them in bags with fold over tops. The tubes for the pennies dimes and nickels were so freakin' heavy, we had them in boxes, and could barely lift them.

The bank wasn't too happy each time Min arrived, but I think we banked around $250 in total. so it was worth it.

The last time I moved I had over $600 in coins that I brought to the bank for the same reason you just listed. I bought one of those little machines that is supposed to roll the coins for you. But it didn't work right. I ended up rolling them by hand. Plus I had to put my name, address, telephone number and account number on EVERY fucking roll. I didn't know this until I brought the first batch to the bank....do you know how hard it is to write that shit on a roll of coins?


I am dreading this next move. But at least I'll know to write that shit on the rolls BEFORE I put the coins in.

 

[SeaCat]

LOLOL

I keep all extra pocket change in a Pony Keg. every now and then, when it gets full I haul it down to the bank where they have a sorting machine and turn it in. I usually end up with $200.00+

Cat

 

[SlickTony]

I'm glad the UK still has the pound coin.

My various denominations of change I keep in various containers:

1. Pennies, in a green plastic pig that they were passing out as a promo at Wachovia. There's about $11.00 in there now, and I can't stuff any more in. Since I have lost the key that came with it and I haven't gotten around to finding something else to jimmy it open it with, I've started putting extra pennies in a plastic cigar tube.
2. Quarters, in a plastic safe I redeemed my winnings for at Dave & Buster's. I have no idea how much there is in there, but it's a little over half full.
3. Nickels and dimes, in a large greenware cat. I've been putting them in there since about '98. I have no idea how much there is in there, either.

 

[SeaCat]

I'm glad the UK still has the pound coin.

My various denominations of change I keep in various containers:

1. Pennies, in a green plastic pig that they were passing out as a promo at Wachovia. There's about $11.00 in there now, and I can't stuff any more in. Since I have lost the key that came with it and I haven't gotten around to finding something else to jimmy it open it with, I've started putting extra pennies in a plastic cigar tube.
2. Quarters, in a plastic safe I redeemed my winnings for at Dave & Buster's. I have no idea how much there is in there, but it's a little over half full.
3. Nickels and dimes, in a large greenware cat. I've been putting them in there since about '98. I have no idea how much there is in there, either.

I used to do that but I stopped when I carried a fifty pound bag of pennies to the bank. I also used to seperate out the quarters for the laundry. Thankfully I no longer have to do that.

When I was growing up my parents used to toss their sare change in a Milk Can. It took them several years but they did finally fill it. Then came the great fun of rolling all thes coins. (We would sit down for an hour each evening sorting, counting and rolling coins.) We found a lot of silver coins, especially near the bottom of the can.

My parents got well over a thousand dollars out of that can.

Cat

 

[SeaCat]

That was my experience from the time I spent in Canada. I did find it odd that I could be carrying around over four bucks in change and have it only be six coins.

They're extremely useful for vending machines and small purchases like coffee.

Still, in the US we're very accustomed to using paper money of the same size and color. The government has pussy-footed around forcing us to change to something that makes more sense. Remember, we're pretty much the only country in the world that rejected the metric system! Although, as a scientist I'm familiar with both since grams and liters work WAY better than pounds and gallons.

Hey, another good reason to have dollar coins is their use for defense. If you're carrying a "Purse" with fifty or a hundred dollars worth of coins you can cold cock someone trying to rob you.

Cat

 

[SeaCat]

I suppose I should add that currently I have roughly 200 Susy B's. 300 Sacagawans and another several hundred Ikes. (I won't talk about the silver coins. )

Okay so I like them.

Cat

 

[Xelebes]

So when America has solidified its dollar coin, can us Canucks call them baldies?

 

[SlickTony]

I think that's a cute idea.

 

[SeaCat]

Unfortunately I have the feeling I know the nickname this coin will gain.

It has a picture of the Statue of Liberty on the back.

Because of this I think they will soon be called the new Liberty Dollars.

Cat

 

[Lisa Denton]

We still have the pound coin. We also have a two pound coin. We have had a commemorative five pound coin but not in general use.
Og

In america none of our coins weigh a pound, or two pounds, or five pounds.

No offense to the queen but I think a five pound coin is silly, peoples must have to walk around with thier purse in a wheelbarrow over there. Ya'll should get some paper money from us, it will help your back.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

In america none of our coins weigh a pound, or two pounds, or five pounds.

No offense to the queen but I think a five pound coin is silly, peoples must have to walk around with thier purse in a wheelbarrow over there. Ya'll should get some paper money from us, it will help your back.

ROFLMAO... Good One, Lisa

 

[cantdog]

Why don't we just use debit and credit cards and scrap these bills and coins?

They're germ carriers, they're clumsy to work with and my penny jar weighs a ton!

It's not like any of it is actually worth anything like the old gold and silver coins.

What ever happened to the paperless society anyway?

What you propose would mean that Big Brother was present at every sale, every time you got paid.

Right now, if I contract to dig a ditch for someone for twenty dollars, I can stand in the man's face until all twenty are paid; I can count them. All twenty will be in my possession when I go to pay ten for a package of razor blades. I can count them, then, too. If it were on a card, the fellow paying me would swipe the card, and if he added twenty to my solvency, then fine, but if not, then not. If the fellow I buy the razor blades from swipes my card for a hundred instead of ten, the card looks the same. But if the money is physically present, I must count it to him, and he will have to take only ten.

And the taxman could subtract his cut right then, at the moment I am paid. And the record of the payment could be placed in my dossier. If I bought a brush, a sheaf of poster paper, and paints, that fact would be recorded and I would become an immediate suspect in the anti-government posters going up in my town. I could never be paid under the table unless by barter.

One's fortunes would be entirely at the mercy of the bank and the government. They can decide to invalidate my card if they think I vote for the wrong political party. Suddenly I would be able to buy nothing. How much food would i have to stockpile, how much clothing and fuel, to survive long enough to take the matter to court?

 

[Boxlicker101]

What you propose would mean that Big Brother was present at every sale, every time you got paid.

Right now, if I contract to dig a ditch for someone for twenty dollars, I can stand in the man's face until all twenty are paid; I can count them. All twenty will be in my possession when I go to pay ten for a package of razor blades. I can count them, then, too. If it were on a card, the fellow paying me would swipe the card, and if he added twenty to my solvency, then fine, but if not, then not. If the fellow I buy the razor blades from swipes my card for a hundred instead of ten, the card looks the same. But if the money is physically present, I must count it to him, and he will have to take only ten.

And the taxman could subtract his cut right then, at the moment I am paid. And the record of the payment could be placed in my dossier. If I bought a brush, a sheaf of poster paper, and paints, that fact would be recorded and I would become an immediate suspect in the anti-government posters going up in my town. I could never be paid under the table unless by barter.

One's fortunes would be entirely at the mercy of the bank and the government. They can decide to invalidate my card if they think I vote for the wrong political party. Suddenly I would be able to buy nothing. How much food would i have to stockpile, how much clothing and fuel, to survive long enough to take the matter to court?

Not to mention the fact that it would be hard to take the matter to court since you would not be able to pay a lawyer's retainer.

 

[Grushenka]

And we still do have pound coins Slick. they're a fucker on your pockets though.

Get a handbag, man.

 

[Foxee Browne]

what will they stuff into stripper's g-strings if not dollar bills??

Just let her turn her ass and swip the debit card!