Alright, dollar coins. I'm sure you've all heard of them, seen them, etc. If the government were to restart their initiative to replace the dollar bill with a dollar coin, what would your reaction be, and why?
Well, they're doing that Presidential dollar coin thing. Maybe if they make enough of them they won't all end up in the clutches of hording collectors and become widespread in use.
Here in Ecuador dollar coins are way, WAY more common than dollar bills (not that these are rare). Ecuador uses the USD as its currency, for those of you who don't know it.
When my uncle owned this sports place/arcade, he made all the vending machines give dollar coins as change. Nobody wanted dollar coins, so they were forced to buy something else to get rid of them. Good business. : )
So many people would come up to the counter and ask what that thing was and why the machine wasn't giving them back their money. Can nobody read the coin?
Dollar coins are awesome and countries that don't use them are filled with stupid doodoo-heads. Same goes for multicoloured money, the metric system, and putting extra "u"s into random words.
Besides, our dollar coins are worth more than your dollar bills now, which just goes to prove how awesome they are.
I hate coins! I hates them so much! But I hate dollar bills almost as much. Anything less than 5 dollars is useless to me. I'll always aim to trade lesser change to people in favor of larger bills. Credit cards are alright, but the best is simple cash in at least 5 dollar bills, but preferably 10's or 20's.
Actually Night Lord the Channel Islands still use the one pound note.
Just thought I'd throw that in there.
I prefer the good old pound coin to the one dollar bill, partly 'cause it's worth about two of yours but mostly because I prefer my small change in coins.
Also I saw, got and used some dollar coins while I was in the US over the summer. I was under the impression that they were just not very common, rather than being terribly rare.
Attention: If whole one dollar units are considered "small change" or whatnot, you may have whats called "inflation." Its a bad thing, and shame on you if you haven't figured out why by now.
That would make sense, if not for the fact that our dollar coins are worth more than your dollar bills. Also, any economist can tell you that, within certain limits, inflation isn't really a problem.
Attention: If whole one dollar units are considered "small change" or whatnot, you may have whats called "inflation." Its a bad thing, and shame on you if you haven't figured out why by now.
My bad for wording it as I did, by small change I meant small amounts of money that can be used to purchase small items such as drinks, snacks etc. In which case one pound or one dollar fits.
Also I would be tempted to consider one dollar small change as it equates to roughly 50p for me, but then I'd only just consider it as such.
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So many people would come up to the counter and ask what that thing was and why the machine wasn't giving them back their money. Can nobody read the coin?
Besides, our dollar coins are worth more than your dollar bills now, which just goes to prove how awesome they are.
You may have won this round, but you will lose the inevitable war!
Although I do agree with you about the multicoloured money. And the "u"s. And the metric system. Wait, what am I outraged about?
Our One Pounds only come in coin form!
Actually Night Lord the Channel Islands still use the one pound note.
Just thought I'd throw that in there.
I prefer the good old pound coin to the one dollar bill, partly 'cause it's worth about two of yours but mostly because I prefer my small change in coins.
Also I saw, got and used some dollar coins while I was in the US over the summer. I was under the impression that they were just not very common, rather than being terribly rare.
True, but the Jersey and Guernsey pound isn't the same as a great british pound (even though it is legal tender over there).
My bad for wording it as I did, by small change I meant small amounts of money that can be used to purchase small items such as drinks, snacks etc. In which case one pound or one dollar fits.
Also I would be tempted to consider one dollar small change as it equates to roughly 50p for me, but then I'd only just consider it as such.