I just got my first “sackie” (Sacajawea dollar). Think they’ll catch on?
Sure, and then after that we can start on the wooden nickles. 
I got a Susan B. dollar just the other day in change and, of course, said I’d been shortchanged. I got rid of that puppy as fast as I could.
They say that won’t happen with these new coins. We’ll see.
“pluto … a seriously demented but oddly addictive presence here.” – TVeblen
Actually, I like the sackie. Think of how fun it is in conversation.
“Hey man, got a sackie on ya?”
“I’m down to my last sackie.”
“I’ll bet you a sackie…!”
BTW: Right now the sackies are available at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club. They’ll be distributed generally in March, I’ve heard.
Hey, let’s all promote the nickname “SACKIE”!
They look pretty cool, I guess Sackie sounds better than sack though.
“The idea of a walk-in closet sounds frightening. If I’m ever sittin’ at home and a closet walks in, I’m gettin’ outta there.” ~George Carlin
sounds rather painful to me…I have a loonie and a twoonie in my pocket
We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another
same here, CanadianSue. It’s much easier than taking out a bunch o’ green bills that all look the same.
I put mine in with CanadianSue and c fury.
I like looking in my wallet and knowing how much I have in there just by looking at how many of each colour I have, a green one and a purple one(which I had to trade for two blue, a friend needed smaller change).
And, know one can see if you don’t take it out of the wallet to count ur money.
I am a fire whose flames lick and spit at the boundless sky forever desiring wonderous consummation
-me
a Sakie??? a What??? oh God no… is there NEEEEW money coming that wont have? Hell… I dont even have the OLD money… not to mention any NEW money… fuckinpout 
Carl and I took the Sam Houston toll way, and stopped in the full service lane to buy some tokens. What’d they give us? Susan B. Anthony dollars! Carl had a fit cause he didn’t believe that they’d work, but they did.
I’m looking forward to some <ahem> “sackies.” I like the idea of dollars being coins.
c fury??? Is this the same c fury from Chatway and Teens Talking? Are you following me, man?
Welcome to the Straight Dope.
I would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids!
I thought the correct name for the twoonie was “moonie” – re: the queen with a bear behind.
“pluto … a seriously demented but oddly addictive presence here.” – TVeblen
Someone said they got them from Hobby Lobby too.
They remind me of those chocolate coins I used to get at Halloween and Valentines. I don’t think I’d want one, because then I’d want to tear the wrapper off and eat it, but then couldn’t and become depressed.
“I dream that she aims to be the bloom upon my misery”
- I Miss The Girl Soul Coughing
But, Brood, you could use it to buy chocolate!
I would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids!
Oh, jeez, Pluto! I had to go find my twonie to check that out! LOL
BTW: The sackie is slightly smaller than a twoonie.
The funny thing about the sackie is that my friends and I use “sack” as a curse. Bash my head? “Sack!” Someone piss you off? “You meatsack!” Very versatile.
Well anyway, I like the sackie. I just wish I could get to the chocolate inside.
About how much do they cost? I mean, I want one, but they should be a dollar. How much can I buy a dollar for?
I saw one today and was sort of disappointed. I guess I was hoping for more of a gold dubloon instead of the pale thing looking like a Chuck E. Cheese token that ran through the wash.
Oh well, no standing in the way of progress.
Re: American v. Foreign money. For some reason, people bitching about how hard it is to tell a US$5 from a US$10 reminds me of the people on TV commercials who can’t add a can of water to their tomato soup or else needed pump toothpaste because it was too hard to keep hold of that zany cap.
“I guess one person can make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.”
Babar714,
The sackie is a one-dollar coin. It costs a dollar.
In Saudi, the riyal notes are not only printed in six different colors, but also in six different sizes. Even the seeing-impaired can make correct change!
Kinda makes me wonder if the degree of uniformity of a nation’s currency is somehow related to the general educational level of it’s citizenry?
Or does uniformity just indicate a lack of imagination on the part of it’s civil servants?
Mundane, huh? Can you tell I’m bored?
You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them. – Malcolm Forbes
Chocolate inside? Mmmmmmm…sackilicious.