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02-26-2008, 10:47 PM
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They aren't new...but they make fabulous ball markers on the golf course.  
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02-27-2008, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by The Matador
I gave one to a bum once, and he looked at me all pissed because he thought is was just a quarter. I told him to "look again, it's a dollar" and he was stunned.
I saw him drunk and happy about 23 minutes later.
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Ah, that story warms my heart!
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02-27-2008, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by bulldogg
Not sure why they keep making the dollar coin, if they aren't really serious on making everyone use it.
It is really pretty simple ... If they really wanted to make people use the dollar coin, all they have to do is stop making the paper dollar (and even more so ... stop making them and start taking the existing ones out of circulation)
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The problem comes from retrofitting vending machines and other self-service machines that except cash...its (most likely) expensive and would take a lot of time to convert most machines. I'm no expert on vending machines but it seems like this would be a problematic step in eliminating $1 notes. Its much more difficult deal with than when they change the notes, because that's usually just a software upgrade to the machine.
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02-27-2008, 10:36 AM
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It is all going to be "tap and go" soon enough. Then they will shrink the cards so you can put it in a ring, keychain, etc.
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02-27-2008, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Badfish
no need for cash all money should be in plastic
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Going to be tough to play "Tooth Fairy"
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02-27-2008, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by sec.27
This is the third attempt to reintroduce dollar coins. The past two times the coins were ugly (Susan B. Anthony & Sacagawea), about the size of quarters, and they tarnished so they began to look like dirty pennies.
At least this time they are putting presidents on them. But they still make them too small, and they tarnish. If a dollar coin must be circulated, I say bring back the old "silver dollars" that we had when I was a kid. They were big enough to distinguish them from other coins, and they held up well.
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Can I still get these somewhere - other thn a coin collector?
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02-27-2008, 11:22 AM
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Can I still get these somewhere - other thn a coin collector?
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eBay for just a little over face. When I worked at Kmart in high school, a person paid for their purchase with 10 of them. I bought them from my register, so I have several.
I went to Eisenhower High School and when we held quiz bowl tournaments that involved a coin flip, we always flipped an Eisenhower dollar.
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02-27-2008, 12:20 PM
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Thank god that a Hillary coin has not been announced
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02-27-2008, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Adrock
The problem comes from retrofitting vending machines and other self-service machines that except cash...its (most likely) expensive and would take a lot of time to convert most machines. I'm no expert on vending machines but it seems like this would be a problematic step in eliminating $1 notes. Its much more difficult deal with than when they change the notes, because that's usually just a software upgrade to the machine.
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Again, if it is good for the gov't to eliminate the paper dollars and replace them with a longer lasting dollar coin ... stop making the paper dollar.
If you do that, all the of the vending machines and self-service machines will very quickly replace their current machines with ones that take the new dollar coins.
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02-27-2008, 09:57 PM
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It is all going to be "tap and go" soon enough. Then they will shrink the cards so you can put it in a ring, keychain, etc.
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I already used a swipe on a coke machine. it's too late for dollar coins, the swipe will win
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02-27-2008, 10:04 PM
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Going to be tough to play "Tooth Fairy"
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