The end of the Golden Dollar?

I heard a rumor that the Sac. dollars would be discontinued after this
year, that they will not mint any more. Is this true? Does anyone
know what the Mint has said, if anything? Thanks.
Mike.

if there is a need for them in commerce they will make as many as there is a
need for, plus probably some for collectors, regardless of the need in
commerce.

the short answer is some will be made in any case, but its quite possible
none will be made for circulation, as there is very little need for them.


"Mike" wrote in message
om...
I heard a rumor that the Sac. dollars would be discontinued after this
year, that they will not mint any more. Is this true? Does anyone
know what the Mint has said, if anything? Thanks.
Mike.

Now that the mint has decided to sell rolls to the public and made a tidy
profit on them, then you'll have small mintages of GDs and JFK halves from here
on out.

eric l.

If anyone want dollar coins, all you have to do is go to the local post
office and put 5, 10, or 20 dollars (currency) into the stamp machine, and
they will give you a whole pocketful of nice new dollars. (At least where I
live) I like to stop in once a month and get 20 dollars worth, minus stamp
price of course, and circulate them.
WHEN, will the manufacturers of vending machines figure out that it is so
much easier to use dollar coins than it is to fool around trying to feed a
crumpled one dollar bill into a vending machine!

"Mike" wrote in message
...
If anyone want dollar coins, all you have to do is go to the local post
office and put 5, 10, or 20 dollars (currency) into the stamp machine, and
they will give you a whole pocketful of nice new dollars. (At least where
I
live) I like to stop in once a month and get 20 dollars worth, minus
stamp
price of course, and circulate them.
WHEN, will the manufacturers of vending machines figure out that it is so
much easier to use dollar coins than it is to fool around trying to feed a
crumpled one dollar bill into a vending machine!

I think they have figured it out, but since few people have dollar coins in
their pockets to feed the machines, they will be using crumbled up dollar
bills for the foreseeable future.

My guess is the next big shift in vending machines will be away from cash
altogether. Some kind of smart card. You pay in advance and the machine
deducts your purchases from your balance, much like gift cards work now.

That appears to be the case. The local car wash's quarter dispenser is now
accepting credit/debit cards and throws out $.25 coins in return.

Randy


"Bob Peterson" wrote in message
...
My guess is the next big shift in vending machines will be away from cash
altogether. Some kind of smart card. You pay in advance and the machine
deducts your purchases from your balance, much like gift cards work now.

"Mike" wrote in message
...
If anyone want dollar coins, all you have to do is go to the local post
office and put 5, 10, or 20 dollars (currency) into the stamp machine, and
they will give you a whole pocketful of nice new dollars. (At least where
I
live) I like to stop in once a month and get 20 dollars worth, minus
stamp
price of course, and circulate them.
WHEN, will the manufacturers of vending machines figure out that it is so
much easier to use dollar coins than it is to fool around trying to feed a
crumpled one dollar bill into a vending machine!

When I go to the public Laundromat; the washing machines cost $1.75 each and
I use three. The dryers cost $1.00 each and I use two. That's a bunch of
quarters. I sure wish that they would switch to dollar coin slots. Maybe we
need a law mandating that. Sort of like the law mandating digital
televisions by a specific date.

Charlie

You need to contact the owner/operator of the laundromat and talk to them about your
desire to use dollar coins instead of dozens of quarters. MANY laundromats have
converted as have many self-serve car washes. Not all, just many. It's up to the
consumers to talk to the operators and let them know what they would prefer.

--
-Fred Shecter
Auctions:
http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...shreadv ector

To reply by e-mail, remove zorch two places.


"cstancarone" wrote in message
news

"Mike" wrote in message
...
If anyone want dollar coins, all you have to do is go to the local post
office and put 5, 10, or 20 dollars (currency) into the stamp machine, and
they will give you a whole pocketful of nice new dollars. (At least where
I
live) I like to stop in once a month and get 20 dollars worth, minus
stamp
price of course, and circulate them.
WHEN, will the manufacturers of vending machines figure out that it is so
much easier to use dollar coins than it is to fool around trying to feed a
crumpled one dollar bill into a vending machine!

When I go to the public Laundromat; the washing machines cost $1.75 each and
I use three. The dryers cost $1.00 each and I use two. That's a bunch of
quarters. I sure wish that they would switch to dollar coin slots. Maybe we
need a law mandating that. Sort of like the law mandating digital
televisions by a specific date.

Charlie

Mike wrote:
If anyone want dollar coins, all you have to do is go to the local post
office and put 5, 10, or 20 dollars (currency) into the stamp machine, and
they will give you a whole pocketful of nice new dollars. (At least where I
live) I like to stop in once a month and get 20 dollars worth, minus stamp
price of course, and circulate them.
WHEN, will the manufacturers of vending machines figure out that it is so
much easier to use dollar coins than it is to fool around trying to feed a
crumpled one dollar bill into a vending machine!



I put in $20.01 and get one .01 stamp and get a full $20.00 in change. However the last
time I did this I got a mixed bag of SBA and GDs.

--
George D
Phoenix, AZ
AAA, AARP, ANA, NRA, RCC ?+1, PIA, PIAAZ, GATF 85006-3032-18-4


Please use this address to mail me. Or remove the arizona in the link.
Remember there is no Arizona.


ALL emails incoming and outgoing are run thru Norton and AVG anti virus.

"George D" wrote in message
...
Mike wrote:
If anyone want dollar coins, all you have to do is go to the local post
office and put 5, 10, or 20 dollars (currency) into the stamp machine,
and
they will give you a whole pocketful of nice new dollars. (At least
where I
live) I like to stop in once a month and get 20 dollars worth, minus
stamp
price of course, and circulate them.
WHEN, will the manufacturers of vending machines figure out that it is
so
much easier to use dollar coins than it is to fool around trying to feed
a
crumpled one dollar bill into a vending machine!



I put in $20.01 and get one .01 stamp and get a full $20.00 in change.
However the last
time I did this I got a mixed bag of SBA and GDs.

if your purpose is to spread the gospel of using $1 coins what difference
does it make if its an SBA or a brass buck?


--
George D
Phoenix, AZ
AAA, AARP, ANA, NRA, RCC ?+1, PIA, PIAAZ, GATF 85006-3032-18-4


Please use this address to mail me. Or remove the arizona in the link.
Remember there is no Arizona.


ALL emails incoming and outgoing are run thru Norton and AVG anti virus.