Are 2008-2009 nickels scarce?

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Aren't all coin shops local?

To somebody undoubtedly, but not to all of us. But then we ARE in the
electronic age................

SHUSH! We don't want to encourage anybody with ideas about replacing
currency with purely electronic forms of "money".

If nothing else, how are you going to enjoy confounding a cashier when
halves and dollar coins go the way of the two-cent piece?

Vagrant thought: If there is a transitional period where paper money and
coins are on the way out in favor of a universal debit card, it will give
new meaning to the question "Paper or plastic?"

- mazorj, Monetary Luddite


I noticed in the paper last week that some local parking meters have been
converted to accept credit cards. I've seen this elsewhere, too. Oddly,
in the article, there was no mention of whether the machines already or
soo will accept dollar coins. Plastic and electronics do seem to be
taking over. How long will it be before a few holdouts wave their cash
but nobody is willing to accept it?

We may end up skipping right over that dollar bill vs dollar coin issue,
as encroaching plastic and electronics will essentially solve that
problem.

I don't expect to see coins and paper money totally disappear in the US in
my remaining lifetime, but it's already getting pretty close to being
unnecessary in one's daily routine. I never thought I'd be able to
experience all Las Vegas has to offer (well, almost all) without a dollar
in my wallet.

Actually, if I wasn't a coin collector, I probably wouldn't use cash at all.
Credit cards have become too easy to use. But I still like to search
through my change to see if there is anything worth keeping. But only use
cash for small purchases now.


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Richard
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arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body. But rather it's to
skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly
proclaiming, "Wow! What a ride!!!"

On Feb 2, 2:03*pm, "Bruce Remick" wrote:
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"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
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"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message
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Aren't all coin shops local?

To somebody undoubtedly, but not to all of us. *But then we ARE in the
electronic age................

SHUSH! *We don't want to encourage anybody with ideas about replacing
currency with purely electronic forms of "money".

If nothing else, how are you going to enjoy confounding a cashier when
halves and dollar coins go the way of the two-cent piece?

Vagrant thought: *If there is a transitional period where paper money and
coins are on the way out in favor of a universal debit card, it will give
new meaning to the question "Paper or plastic?"

- mazorj, Monetary Luddite

I noticed in the paper last week that some local parking meters have been
converted to accept credit cards. *I've seen this elsewhere, too. *Oddly, in
the article, there was no mention of whether the machines already or soo
will accept dollar coins. *

If youre talking about the new DC and Arlington meters, they do accept
dollar coins.

On Feb 2, 4:03�pm, "Bruce Remick" wrote:
"mazorj" wrote in message

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"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
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"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message
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Aren't all coin shops local?

To somebody undoubtedly, but not to all of us. �But then we ARE in the
electronic age................

SHUSH! �We don't want to encourage anybody with ideas about replacing
currency with purely electronic forms of "money".

If nothing else, how are you going to enjoy confounding a cashier when
halves and dollar coins go the way of the two-cent piece?

Vagrant thought: �If there is a transitional period where paper money and
coins are on the way out in favor of a universal debit card, it will give
new meaning to the question "Paper or plastic?"

- mazorj, Monetary Luddite

I noticed in the paper last week that some local parking meters have been
converted to accept credit cards. �I've seen this elsewhere, too. �Oddly, in
the article, there was no mention of whether the machines already or soo
will accept dollar coins. �Plastic and electronics do seem to be taking
over. � How long will it be before a few holdouts wave their cash but nobody
is willing to accept it?

We may end up skipping right over that dollar bill vs dollar coin issue, as
encroaching plastic and electronics will essentially solve that problem.

I don't expect to see coins and paper money totally disappear in the US in
my remaining lifetime, but it's already getting pretty close to being
unnecessary in one's daily routine. �I never thought I'd be able to
experience all Las Vegas has to offer (well, almost all) without a dollar in
my wallet.- Hide quoted text -

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Our meters take cards.

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On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 17:03:20 -0500, "Bruce Remick"
wrote:


"mazorj" wrote in message
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"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
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"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message
...

...
Aren't all coin shops local?

To somebody undoubtedly, but not to all of us. But then we ARE in the
electronic age................

SHUSH! We don't want to encourage anybody with ideas about replacing
currency with purely electronic forms of "money".

If nothing else, how are you going to enjoy confounding a cashier when
halves and dollar coins go the way of the two-cent piece?

Vagrant thought: If there is a transitional period where paper money and
coins are on the way out in favor of a universal debit card, it will give
new meaning to the question "Paper or plastic?"

- mazorj, Monetary Luddite


I noticed in the paper last week that some local parking meters have been
converted to accept credit cards. I've seen this elsewhere, too. Oddly, in
the article, there was no mention of whether the machines already or soo
will accept dollar coins. Plastic and electronics do seem to be taking
over. How long will it be before a few holdouts wave their cash but nobody
is willing to accept it?

We may end up skipping right over that dollar bill vs dollar coin issue, as
encroaching plastic and electronics will essentially solve that problem.

I don't expect to see coins and paper money totally disappear in the US in
my remaining lifetime, but it's already getting pretty close to being
unnecessary in one's daily routine. I never thought I'd be able to
experience all Las Vegas has to offer (well, almost all) without a dollar in
my wallet.


Yes, it would be difficult to pay a stripper in Las Vegas with a debit
or credit card. I suppose one could pay with a gift card, but that
might chafe a bit and cause the quality of the performance to
deteriorate.

A bag of dollar coins might have the same effect!

--
Tony Clayton
Coins of the UK : http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk
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