# Spending "sackies"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spending-sackies/33942>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 21, 2000, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spending-sackies/33942 "2000-09-21T02:12:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spending-sackies/33942/21 "2000-09-22T22:17:55Z")

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> \*Originally posted by sandyr \*  
> \*\*I thought of this today while thinking about Johnny’s **horrible** puns…
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> Does anyone besides me think that the Mint made an extraordinarily stupid mistake to introduce both the SBA and the Sackie without getting rid of the paper dollar?
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> Also, has anyone come across any studies/statistics that say how much money the US would save by switching to a coin dollar? \*\*

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