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Bank teller tells me that dollar bill WILL be replaced by Golden Dollar coin!



 
 
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Old May 29th 05, 02:50 PM
Bob Peterson
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I think by default it would not be a failure is the $1 bill was eliminated,
since people would have no choice in the matter. But as long as they have a
choice, they have voted in overwhelming numbers against the dollar coin.

It has occurred to me that two things that were done may have made the
situation much worse than it otherwise could have been. the subject of the
coin is a near mythical character few Americans have more than a passing
knowledge of, much as sba was. Americans are used to seeing dead presidents
on their coins. it might have been better to skip the pc nonsense and just
select a dead president for the dollar coin.

I am also not convinced the gold finish was such a good idea. It gives the
coin an almost fake look to it, like many of the third world coins have.
Probably not the best thing to do if you want a coin accepted as money. It
just does not look like an American coin.

"Edward McGrath" wrote in message
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The dollar coin is and always will be a failure, people don't want them.
When will they smarten up and just give up on making $1 coins.



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Old May 29th 05, 04:49 PM
A.E. Gelat
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"Michael G. Koerner" wrote in message
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Scott Stevenson wrote:

On Sat, 28 May 2005 22:47:34 -0500, "A.E. Gelat"
wrote:

This is incredible! If the presidential dollar coins are the size of
the
golden dollars, they too will fail, and the dollar bill will survive. I
am
all for eliminating the bill, but the replacement coin must be small,
perhaps even smaller than the quarter.



Why would it need to be smaller than a quarter? What is wrong with
the current size?


Weight and bulk

Tony



Seems to work fine at that size in Canuckistan.

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Old May 29th 05, 04:56 PM
A.E. Gelat
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"Scott Stevenson" wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 May 2005 22:47:34 -0500, "A.E. Gelat"
wrote:

This is incredible! If the presidential dollar coins are the size of the
golden dollars, they too will fail, and the dollar bill will survive. I
am
all for eliminating the bill, but the replacement coin must be small,
perhaps even smaller than the quarter.

Tony


Why would it need to be smaller than a quarter? What is wrong with
the current size?

take care,
Scott


If the dollar bill goes away and is replaced by dollar coins of today's
size,
people will not use them because of the weight and bulk. That will be
another boondoggle. How often do you get any of the current dollar
coins anywhere except at stamp vending machines? In the UK, the
1 pound coin (worth about $1.80) is the size a nickel and has been
accepted by the public.

Tony




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Old May 29th 05, 05:14 PM
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Bob wrote: I think by default it would not be a failure is the $1 bill
was eliminated, since people would have no choice in the matter. snip
I like the idea of having a choice and apparently that is the same
thinking politicians have since both the $1 bill and the $1 coin
circulate side by side. Ok the the $1 coin barely circulates lol.
Besides I collect $1 bills, starnotes and radar notes and 50/50s. I'd
hate to have to start collecting higher valued bills : )

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Old May 29th 05, 07:26 PM
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"A.E. Gelat" wrote in message
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This is incredible! If the presidential dollar coins are the size of the
golden dollars, they too will fail, and the dollar bill will survive. I

am
all for eliminating the bill, but the replacement coin must be small,
perhaps even smaller than the quarter.

If the Susan B's had actually been 12-sided as promised, they may have been
more acceptable for the general user. And no need for the larger 'golden'
dollar.


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Old May 29th 05, 08:16 PM
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"A.E. Gelat" wrote:

"Michael G. Koerner" wrote in message
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Scott Stevenson wrote:

On Sat, 28 May 2005 22:47:34 -0500, "A.E. Gelat"
wrote:

This is incredible! If the presidential dollar coins are the size of
the
golden dollars, they too will fail, and the dollar bill will survive. I
am
all for eliminating the bill, but the replacement coin must be small,
perhaps even smaller than the quarter.



Why would it need to be smaller than a quarter? What is wrong with
the current size?


Weight and bulk

Tony


Us here in the UK have managed fine with a thick and "heavy" £1 coin for
22 years with no complaints. Billy



Seems to work fine at that size in Canuckistan.

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Old May 29th 05, 10:39 PM
Tony Clayton
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In a recent message "A.E. Gelat" wrote:


"Scott Stevenson" wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 May 2005 22:47:34 -0500, "A.E. Gelat"
wrote:

This is incredible! If the presidential dollar coins are the size of the
golden dollars, they too will fail, and the dollar bill will survive. I
am
all for eliminating the bill, but the replacement coin must be small,
perhaps even smaller than the quarter.

Tony


Why would it need to be smaller than a quarter? What is wrong with
the current size?

take care,
Scott


If the dollar bill goes away and is replaced by dollar coins of today's
size,
people will not use them because of the weight and bulk. That will be
another boondoggle. How often do you get any of the current dollar
coins anywhere except at stamp vending machines? In the UK, the
1 pound coin (worth about $1.80) is the size a nickel and has been
accepted by the public.


Bigger, thicker and heavier than a nickel.

However, the two pound coin has caught on perfectly happily
and it is much larger than the 'golden dollar'

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Old May 30th 05, 01:16 AM
Bob Flaminio
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note.boy wrote:
Why would it need to be smaller than a quarter? What is wrong
with the current size?


Weight and bulk


Us here in the UK have managed fine with a thick and "heavy" £1 coin
for 22 years with no complaints. Billy


Exactly. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the current US dollar
coin. It's only nominally more weighty than quarters, and no one
complains about them.

It always cracks me up -- the exact same people complain that dollar
coins get confused with quarters, and that they're too big and heavy.
You can't have it both ways.

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Old May 30th 05, 01:18 AM
Bob Flaminio
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Kay Archer wrote:
If the Susan B's had actually been 12-sided as promised, they may
have been more acceptable for the general user. And no need for the
larger 'golden' dollar.


Huh? Sackies are the exact same size as Susies, not larger.

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Old May 30th 05, 01:34 AM
Michael G. Koerner
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"A.E. Gelat" wrote:

"Scott Stevenson" wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 May 2005 22:47:34 -0500, "A.E. Gelat"
wrote:

This is incredible! If the presidential dollar coins are the size of the
golden dollars, they too will fail, and the dollar bill will survive. I
am
all for eliminating the bill, but the replacement coin must be small,
perhaps even smaller than the quarter.

Tony


Why would it need to be smaller than a quarter? What is wrong with
the current size?

take care,
Scott


If the dollar bill goes away and is replaced by dollar coins of today's
size,
people will not use them because of the weight and bulk. That will be
another boondoggle. How often do you get any of the current dollar
coins anywhere except at stamp vending machines? In the UK, the
1 pound coin (worth about $1.80) is the size a nickel and has been
accepted by the public.


Just ask the Canuckistanis. Their 'Loon' C$1 coin is exactly the same
dimensions as the current USA $1 coin.

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