actually most of the beer in my basement is in cases and the glasses and brewerina are scattered through the house and garage but thats a nice display! :smile:
I guess they're going to mint 4 a year for over 10 years for each president. Similar to the popular quarter series. They'll still be minting the old one in limited quantities for the next year as well.
Apparently we have the smallest demonation of a paper bill in the world. All other countries using a similar $1 coin say it's way better than it's paper equivalent. But the public will not know the advantages until the paper $1 bill is made obsolete. Which could happen soon depending on how the new coin is received.
A lot of people hate having coins in their pockets as is. Most vending machines won't accept them, and if ya give one to a clerk somewhere, you get an odd look like "What is this?".
I don't think making ones of all the presidents will help change things either. If you're going to do a dollar coin, choose one option and stick with it. Make it different enough that people don't confuse it for a quarter, probably have it more of a 50 cent piece size.
They designed it to be just a bit larger than the quarter because of weight. It weighs less than 3 quarters. Plus they kept the gold tone and even added a polishing agent to keep it's sheen longer. But you're right, until the paper dollar is gone, the coin will have an up hill battle in front of it.
The coins are being made to make money. They cost like 18 cents to make, and each one that's saved gives the government a profit. They're cleaning up on the quarters, and a dollar would be 4 times that.
The dollars are accepted in many vending machines, and they're heavily used by transit.
yup....like stamps and stamp collectors (and pennies, kept in huge volume in jars everywhere) the dollars will be a great money-maker for the mint, and unlike the bills, the coins won't need to be reprinted every few years (which costs big money and eventually makes bills a loss in the cost per printed bill).
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Happy Presidents Day :smile:
I don't think making ones of all the presidents will help change things either. If you're going to do a dollar coin, choose one option and stick with it. Make it different enough that people don't confuse it for a quarter, probably have it more of a 50 cent piece size.
In short, I doubt it'll catch on.
...if its good enough for steve wynn..you'd think its good enough for uncle sam.
ahh..crap...wrong thread to post the photo...
Kat - I'm with you. It fits neatly in my pocket next to my ID, and is always the right amount to pay my bartab!
The dollars are accepted in many vending machines, and they're heavily used by transit.
But from my vantage point it's more like one of those bad out of focus movies of something like big foot :wink:
If that don't work, you can always add...
they are playing at the Blue Fox in Arden Hills this Friday night 9:30-1:30.......... :cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRVts7TFw-Y
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Runs/drives... about all you really need to know for $200... He just wants to get rid of it.
Let me know if you are interested...
Happy Birthday
I've found a few great firefox extensions.
1) Page Resurrect
  (reloads the broken page in a variety of cached forms)
2) Who is this Person?
  What's cool about this is highlight a line and it while google if for you...I like it for names...but would look for anything.
3)Morning Coffee
I'd like to find one where i can use AIM in my frames.