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minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 months agoWe’ve tried dollar coins a couple times.
minus-squarethemadcodger@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoBut never with taking away the bills. Get rid if the bills and force the coins and voilà.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoThat seems like a losing move for not a lot of benefit.
minus-squarethemadcodger@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoYeah, no idea on the pros and cons of dollar coins, just that they’ll never take off while there are still bills circulating.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoMy guess would be a knee jerk response like the move away from incandescent bulbs. I barely even use cash at this point so I’m not sure what the actual implications would be.
minus-squaregheesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoAren’t dollar coins used in the US? Because I’ve used them in dollarized economies (e.g. Ecuador) and I assumed they were fairly standard everywhere.
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-27 months agoWe have them but they’re somewhat uncommon. I needed three for a project recently and had to go well out of my way to find them
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoi only see them in Las Vegas, where theres millions of them.
minus-squareCMonster@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoThey exist but are not circulated in nearly enough quantity so we basically collect them as oddities.
We’ve tried dollar coins a couple times.
But never with taking away the bills. Get rid if the bills and force the coins and voilà.
That seems like a losing move for not a lot of benefit.
Yeah, no idea on the pros and cons of dollar coins, just that they’ll never take off while there are still bills circulating.
My guess would be a knee jerk response like the move away from incandescent bulbs.
I barely even use cash at this point so I’m not sure what the actual implications would be.
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Aren’t dollar coins used in the US? Because I’ve used them in dollarized economies (e.g. Ecuador) and I assumed they were fairly standard everywhere.
We have them but they’re somewhat uncommon. I needed three for a project recently and had to go well out of my way to find them
i only see them in Las Vegas, where theres millions of them.
They exist but are not circulated in nearly enough quantity so we basically collect them as oddities.