On Feb 19, 1:15 am, wrote:
"Cheri" gserviceatinreachdotcom wrote in message

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Harry K wrote in message
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Remember the Susan B Anthony and Sacajawea coins? Well the dumb *&)s
did it again. I just got some of the new dollar coins and again they
are almost identical in size to a quarter. Close enough that you have
to look to be sure. Seems to me the idiots were puzzled when people
didn't use the old dollar coins. They didn't listen apparently when
told that the major objection was the size, too close to a quarter.

Ah well, never underestimate the stupidity of beuracracy!

Harry K

I thought they were gold colored this time around.

Cheri

So were the Sacajaweas.

The fubar was back when they did the Anthonys, picking that size. They
shoulda used the old silver dollar size, or something a little bigger than a
50 cent piece, which has basically vanished from circulation anyway. I
thinking the vending machine companies basically dictated the size- anything
bigger than the size they picked would have made machine retrofits
impossible, IIRC. They would have had to start from scratch.

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Don't know why? In Canada we have one and also two dollar coins. They
are entirely different in size and weight etc. to quarters. We have
used the one dollar for quite a number of years; in parking meters,
coin telephones and vending machines etc. Some parking gates for
example take the two dollar coin.
Apparently coins last much longer than paper or plastic notes/bills.
Withdrawing damaged 'paper money' and replacing must be quite costly,
especially for small denominations such as one dollar.
The one dollar coin with a picture of a loon (northern bird) got
nicknamed "The loony". Unfortunately, IMO, when the two dollar was
introduced an opportunity to call it a "Doubloony" or "Doubloon" was
missed. It now has the unedifying nomenclature of "Twoonie" or "Toony"!