# Where are the new dollar coins? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 27, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-new-dollar-coins/305778 "2005-05-27T16:51:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-new-dollar-coins/305778/41 "2005-05-28T16:38:34Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Major urban centers such as NY and Chicago use them quite a bit in transit situations. This has been my experience here; put a $20 bill in a SEPTA ticket machine for a $4 train ticket and you may well get 16 Sackies (maybe Suzies mixed in) change… ugh. I imagine a small part of the reason you don’t see more of them is that individuals take them out of circulation as novelties to be saved. It probably doesn’t help any that a lot of cash registers don’t have a dedicated slot to keep them. Not to mention that basically all living Americans grew up with the paper dollar as “real” money from a cultural standpoint. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-new-dollar-coins/305778/42 "2005-05-28T18:15:29Z")
I have a cash register with an open slot for any odd coins I get – dollars, fifty cent pieces (hadn’t seen one of those in years until I got this job), whatevers. As long as it’s legal, I’ll take it. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-new-dollar-coins/305778/43 "2005-05-28T21:04:15Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > The experiences of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK bear this out. All have successful one dollar/pound coins, and two dollar/pound coins, which replaced notes. They were successful because the government stopped printing the notes, and distributed enough coins to replace them. . It doesn’t seem to be necessary, since in France, 10 FF and 20 FF (roughly worth $ 1.5 and $3) bills and coins circulated at the same time for many years. People used both, and it never was an issue. ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-new-dollar-coins/305778/44 "2005-05-29T00:10:58Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > I don’t know how much more Midwest you can get. Of course, that’s the urban midwest, not the rural western Kansas variety of Midwest. Rural western Kansas? Like there’s an _urban_ western Kansas? Seriously, though, don’t you guys still have nickel Pepsi machines? 😉 At one of my client’s offices the sandwich vending machines in the break room take dollar coins as do most all beverage machines I’ve seen or worked on (non-professionally). I’ve even seen them in video games over the years. I remember playing a Space Invaders pinball machine in about 1981 that gave five plays for a SusieB or one for a quarter. And that was in the grand metropolis of McLoud, Oklahoma (granted, it’s only about 25 miles from OKC). ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-new-dollar-coins/305778/45 "2005-05-29T07:36:54Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I’m sure [strippers] much prefer pictures of Tom Jefferson, with Monticello on the back, Unlikely, as those are only worth a nickel. Now if it has the _Signing of the Declaration of Independence_ on the back, then I’m sure they’d be more appreciative. > [@](#): > > or pictures of Abe Lincoln, with the Lincoln Memorial on the back. Indeed, so would I. Maybe, but some of those are only worth a penny… ---
**Author:** ![BookReader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@BookReader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BookReader)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-new-dollar-coins/305778/46 "2005-05-29T07:37:04Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > Where are the new Buffalo nickels? Oddly, they’re quite common here in Hawaii. I say “oddly” because we always seem to be the LAST ones to see the new currencies, and even the new state quarters, but the nickels are plentiful. Go figure. - BookReader ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-new-dollar-coins/305778/47 "2005-05-29T13:00:32Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve never seen a heavily circulated or tarnished one, so I’m not sure what would happen to them with heavy usage (such as the pennies turning dark brown with age and handling). I’ve seen a tarnished Sackie. They take on a dull bronze look, and start to bear a strong resemblance to the tokens that some arcades use. In fact, when I got this coin out of the stamp machine (which is the only place you’ll ever see one around here) I almost threw it away, thinking I’d been given a slug. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-new-dollar-coins/305778/48 "2005-05-29T13:13:13Z")
Quote: Originally Posted by Giles I’m sure [strippers] much prefer pictures of Tom Jefferson, with Monticello on the back, > [@dtilque](#): > > Unlikely, as those are only worth a nickel. Now if it has the Signing of the Declaration of Independence on the back, then I’m sure they’d be more appreciative. ::::sigh::: _youngsters_ The $2 US banknote _before_ the re-design in 1976 has Monticello on the back. We currently buy these in any condition from the public for $4 each. The 1976 design(Federal REserve Note) has no extra value at this point. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-new-dollar-coins/305778/49 "2005-05-29T14:25:38Z")
There is a proposal out there for yet another dollar coin. The idea for this one was inspired by the state quarters. This is a good idea that may actually work. The new dollar coins would have the face of a president on it starting with Washington working their way through to Dubya or whomever follows. They would release a new one every three months. Interestingly, they’d get to Clinton and Dubya in 2018 or so. They’d be in their early 70’s and could well be still alive. They would be the first living people to be on a U.S. coin. [http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/27/pf/new\_dollar/](http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/27/pf/new_dollar/) Haj ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-new-dollar-coins/305778/50 "2005-05-29T15:06:55Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Interestingly, they’d get to Clinton and Dubya in 2018 or so. They’d be in their early 70’s and could well be still alive. They would be the first living people to be on a U.S. coin. > > [http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/27/pf/new\_dollar/](http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/27/pf/new_dollar/) > > Haj Maybe on a “curculating” coin, but > [@](#): > > The most recent aberration was the 1995 Special Olympics commemorative $1 coin, featuring program sponsor Eunice Shriver. To her credit, Mrs. Shriver noted that while she was proud to be portrayed on the coin, she did so to help the very worthy cause of Special Olympics International.) from [http://banking.senate.gov/coin2000/campbell.htm](http://banking.senate.gov/coin2000/campbell.htm) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-new-dollar-coins/305778/51 "2005-05-29T17:22:05Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Quote: > The $2 US banknote _before_ the re-design in 1976 has Monticello on the back. There’s about half a zillion (conservative estimate) pictures of TJ with the Monticello on the back in circulation and 99.999999… % of them are only worth 5 cents. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-new-dollar-coins/305778.md?page=2)