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1 dollar coins are rare

ChagenChagen
edited 2011-03-14 19:43:46 in General
[tɕagɛn]
Look at it. So damn cool and impressive. I wish more of these existed, I only know one place to get them.
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  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    edited 2011-03-14 19:47:48
    The parking-token machines at the local children's hospital take $2, so if you put in a $5 bill you'll get 3 $1 coins back. The machines seem to be stocked with a mix of Sacagawea dollars (like the one in your picture), Susan B Anthonys, and those newer ones with the presidents on them, so it's always fun to see what you get.

    (Oddly enough, the same machine won't take $2 bills.)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
    edited 2012-07-22 18:28:12

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  • KhwarizmiKhwarizmi
    Because you never know what you might see.
    O_O

    Dollars are rare?  As in, the main unit of your currency?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
    edited 2012-07-22 18:28:18

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  • KhwarizmiKhwarizmi
    edited 2011-03-14 19:55:32
    Because you never know what you might see.
    Ohhhh.  You have one dollar bills.

    I should have known that.

    So this is kinda like our five pound notes/coins, I guess.  Except £5 coins are chiefly collector's items so maybe not.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Aw shit, they're gonna stop minting them in 2016. Well, unless Jimmy Carter dies, they'll stop them.
  • KhwarizmiKhwarizmi
    edited 2011-03-14 20:04:45
    Because you never know what you might see.
    Y'know, this is actually going to change how I see a lot of US media.  Before I was like, when I saw characters holding multiple green banknotes, I read that as "a lot of money".  Now I'm going to see it as "a few dollars".
  • DYREDYRE
    edited 2011-03-14 20:06:53
    ^^ Of course they're going to stop minting them.

    I don't even know why they're still minting them now.

    They're more expensive to make than paper money, and they're harder to carry around.

    ^ Heh.  We do have notes worth up to $100 though, so it could potentially still be a pretty large amount of money.
  • KhwarizmiKhwarizmi
    edited 2011-03-14 20:07:10
    Because you never know what you might see.
    I wonder why more countries don't use similar banknotes as their main units of currency?
  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    I always thought $2 bills were cool, but $2 bills are only cool because they're so uncommon.
  • DYREDYRE
    ^^ Good question.  I thought it was more common, but apparently you don't even have £1 banknotes, do you?  It seems to make a lot more sense (that is, is easier) than having to carry coins around anyway.
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    We need $10 coins that aren't made by pseudocurrency printing companies.
  • AnonusAnonus
    I have a few Sacajawea coins, all obtained in 2001 as change.

    They don't seem to have caught on, sadly. Pity, they seem like they'd be easier to tote around than dollar bills (but likely easier to drop).
  • KhwarizmiKhwarizmi
    edited 2011-03-14 20:31:19
    Because you never know what you might see.
    ^^^ Yeah, we just use £1 coins.  The smallest sterling banknote in circulation is the fiver.

    It's the same with euros.  You can get €5 notes, but €1s are only available as coins.
  • PonicalicaPonicalica
    (void)
    Well, all US banknotes are green, so it might be «a lot of money» or it might be «a few dollars».
  • KhwarizmiKhwarizmi
    Because you never know what you might see.
    Wow.  I feel really ignorant now.

    I guess our notes are colour-coded and so are euros, so I just assumed it was the same everywhere.
  • AnonusAnonus
    And U.S. banknotes (at least the one-dollar bill) tend to look much nicer than other countries' money, for some reason. I can't say I'm a fan of these.
  • KhwarizmiKhwarizmi
    Because you never know what you might see.
    I like Bank of England money, but maybe I'm just used to it.
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    Why are pounds worth more than dollar bills, and why are dollar bills worth more than yen?
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Because they are.

    No seriously, that's pretty much the only reason.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    When we have a world government. 

    Which won't happen anytime soon.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    And the Euro will fail.

    Well, that's what my dad says, and he's been proven wrong before.

    But boy, he thinks the Euro is failing and will collapse. He also think that in 50 years Europe will be overrun by radical Islam, and then destroyed and burned completely, and then Islam will come to America and destroy it, unless the republicans/conservatives save the day.

    He has said the above in complete seriousness.


  • KhwarizmiKhwarizmi
    Because you never know what you might see.
    I don't agree.
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    So suddenly your dad isn't making your life a living hell anymore, or is there just no topic for you to talk about it in Chagy? What happened with that?
  • DYREDYRE
    Um...

    I'd say that perhaps you shouldn't take your dad's opinions on politics/economics/anything too seriously...
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    He never really made my a living hell, Vorpy. He just is kinda strict and carries boatloads of Values Dissonance whereever he goes.
  • PonicalicaPonicalica
    (void)
    «When will we finally have a world currency again?»
    Probably never.  The Euro has sort of worked, but even there's a certain stability requirement for joining the eurozone.  I don't see, say, Great Britain and Zimbabwe agreeing to use the same currency.
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    It's mostly a "decide who to put on our money" fight happening really. Some people want people who changed their country on their money, some want patriotic symbolism on theirs.

    Some just want a bill with a currency worth and notes to prove it is infact legal.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    I like 1-dollar coins and 2-dollar bills too.
  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled
    One-dollar coins are rare? I've got lots of the - oh, American dollars.
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