# I got my first "sackie"! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2000, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583 "2000-01-31T20:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/21 "2000-02-02T20:01:00Z")
Well, I haven’t seen one yet. And Jophiel’s post sorta took the wind out of my sails…I was hoping for a gold doubloon, too. Why the hell can’t we have a coin as cool as the French ten-franc piece? Big and round and heavy and copper-colored. Grab a stack of those, you KNOW you’ve got hard cash in your pocket. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/22 "2000-02-02T20:10:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by TheUnforgiven: > **Chocolate inside? Mmmmmmm…sackilicious.** LOL. My problem with coin money (I’m just under the Quebec boarder, and I’ve been calling them ‘toonies,’ no w, am I wrong?) is that it’s hard to carry. I can break a $10 bill and have a wallet full of paper, but if I break a $10 in Canada or Germany (they have all sorts of funny money there. Different sizes, colors, it’s kooky) I get a 3 lbs wallet full of $1 coins. Feh. However, the name “sackie” makes me giggle. * * * One must have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star. -Nietzche ---
**Author:** ![danielnsmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c89c15/32.png) [@danielnsmith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danielnsmith)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/23 "2000-02-02T20:27:00Z")
Unless you go to the all mighty Wal-Mart, you can buy the Sackies from the [U.S. Mint](http://www.usmint.gov). Of course, then it costs you $35.50 for a $25 dollar roll or you can get a 2000 coint bag of them for $2190. Go figure! ---
**Author:** ![Zulu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@Zulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulu)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/24 "2000-02-02T20:28:00Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. Does that include people with poor eyesight? My grandmother had the worst time telling bills apart when she went to California, but it’s not like she was lazy. Her eyesight just wasn’t good enough. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/25 "2000-02-02T23:03:00Z")
I spent my sackie at lunch. The guy had to look at it to see if it was real. That’s what’s so fun about getting new currency; throwing a curve to people. Two-doallar bills have a similar effect. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/26 "2000-02-02T23:32:00Z")
There was a story about them in the Los Angeles _Daily News_ earlier this week. One guy said they look like bus tokens. There’s two topics about this over at General Questions: “Coins!” and “Dollarization.” * * * \>\< DARWIN \> \_\_ **L\_\_\_L** ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/27 "2000-02-03T01:13:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Does that include people with poor eyesight? My grandmother had the worst time telling bills apart when > she went to California, but it’s not like she was lazy. Her eyesight just wasn’t good enough. Well, if I ever heard it from someone who was actually blind (or close to it), I might think differently, but it’s usally people looking to insult something in the U.S. (albeit jokingly). And, for the record, the new U.S. bills all have a large bold number denoting the denomination on the back of the bill in high contrast dark green on white for exactly the reason you stated. Once the smaller bills get reprinted, it won’t be an issue. * * * “I guess one person can make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/28 "2000-02-03T05:04:00Z")
Actually, having a pocket full of sackies might help the economy. People will say, “Damn! These things are heavy! I’d better spend them!” I like the idea of change actually being _worth_ something. Besides. I like saying “sackies”. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/29 "2000-02-03T05:20:00Z")
Um, did anyone else think this thread was about something else when they saw the topic? ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/30 "2000-02-03T05:25:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Johnny L.A.: > **I just got my first “sackie” (Sacajawea dollar). Think they’ll catch on?** Blush. Reading the OP I didn’t realize the subject was coins. Since Johnny is an L.A. trendy animal, somehow I thought he was talking about those unlikely bag-on-a-thong-things that Brazilian men wear on beaches. Oh. We’re talking about currency. Hard metal currency…uh, cast metal. Uh…okay. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/31 "2000-02-03T05:25:00Z")
I did… and I originated it! But then I remembered _Pecker_ and realized that they refered to the other thing as “tea-bagging”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/32 "2000-03-31T06:09:00Z")
I just got MY first Sackie today. I know all the good reasons why switching to a dollar coin is a good idea, but I admit that I was very skeptical about the Sackie–for all the usual reasons: Love my greenbacks, hate change (both changes in currency and small change), etc. Plus, I questioned the choice of Sacajawea as the “cover model” as it were. But, when I actually SAW the coin, well I was literally moved to tears by the image. It was really wonderful to see a woman–a REAL woman, not that prissy ol’ Susan B.–on a coin! I decided that I would hold on to my 4 Sackies to bring home to show my husband. As I went through my day, I had to purchase a few small things. I actually found myself getting somewhat annoyed at the wrinkly, foldy, hard-to-tell-apart dollar bills! I was wishing I could grab a Sackie. Whatta surprise! Maybe the Sackies really ARE better. Now, if the U.S. really wanted us to use them, they would stop printing dollar bills. Hah! I’ll bet you a Sackie that that won’t happen for a good long while. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/33 "2000-03-31T06:58:00Z")
I haven’t gotten a sackie yet but I think she’s a good figure for a coin. Read an account of the L&C exidition like Stephen Ambrose’s _Undaunted Courage_ and you’ll see how tough that woman was. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/34 "2000-03-31T07:18:00Z")
> [@](#): > > But, Brood, you could use it to buy chocolate! Brood: Explain how! Brood’s Brain: Money can be exchanged for goods and services. Brood: Woohoo! ## –Tim You can’t accidently create a handicapped baby whilst smoking pot. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/35 "2000-03-31T07:20:00Z")
I was at the store the other day and gave the clerk two 50 cent pieces. She looked at them befuddled for about 30 SEC and said she would have to ask the manager if she could accept them. Who knows what would have happened if I had tried to use a “sackie”. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/36 "2000-03-31T12:52:00Z")
**Icerigger** , (BTW, is that from a science fiction book called _Icerigger’s Way_?) It’s fun to give uncommon currency to people who aren’t very bright. Suzies, sackies, $2 bills… I worked at an amusement park in high school and a Brazilian kid wanted to buy something with a $10 bill that was printed in the thirties. My co-workers (also high-schoolers, for the most part) wondered if they could accept it. I finally said, “Look. Here’s $10. Give me the kid’s.” I can’t wait to get more sackies. Even though I don’t much care for Taco Hell (sometimes I just need something fast and cheap), it might be fun using them with the morons who always mess up my order. * * * “I must leave this planet, if only for an hour.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry Are you a turtle? ---
**Author:** ![sorrel554](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@sorrel554](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorrel554)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/37 "2000-03-31T15:59:00Z")
I still have never seen one. Are they catching on, do you think? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/38 "2000-03-31T16:22:00Z")
I just got 50 of them from my credit union, to give to my granddaughter for her birthday. Cost: a whopping $50. The kids love them. I think they’re cool too. And they’re very easy to distinguish from other coins. Peace, mangeorge * * * I only know two things; I know what I need to know And I know what I want to know Mangeorge, 2000 ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/39 "2000-03-31T16:58:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Or does uniformity [of currency colors] just indicate a lack of imagination on the part of it’s civil servants? You know, the minimalist design of US currency does have at least one advantage–few colors of ink mean a less complicated printing process. Efficiency in government? Dare I dream? As far as the sackie goes, the only way it will be really accepted is if they stop making $1 bills, as Canada did. For people who don’t usually carry change, it’s unlikely they’ll stop using singles if they still have them. Also consider that high value coins are typically snatched up by collectors (Eisenhower dollars, Susie B’s, Kennedy halves). Unless they mint 10’s of millions a year (flood the market), they’ll quickly find their way out of circulation. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583/40 "2000-03-31T17:48:00Z")
_pout_ I still haven’t gotten one ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-sackie/15583.md?page=3)