Sacagewea (sp?) dollars

Funny thing, I was helping my mom clean out our old couch. I found this one my teacher in fifth grade gave us on the last day of school.

anyone know what happened to these? This is the first one I've seen for a long time.

I found a JFK half dollar one day I remember.

I get them all the time for change in the stamp machines at the Post Office.

I think people are just resistant to heavier coins which is why they don't catch on.

1) Vending machine companies refused to retro-fit their machines for them

2) They tarnish VERY easily. If the masses feel that the coin is not appealing to look at with tarnish all over it, they won't use the thing.

It's really sad too, because I HATE one-dollar bills, and I wish we used dollar coins in the US.

We've been using dollar coins for many years now (and $2 coins too), and everybody uses them all the time. The trick used was to stop making $1 (and $2) bills when the coins came out, so there was no choice. After a bit of initial grumbling, Canadians have embraced them, and I for one wouldn't want to go back. More than once, when viting the US, thirsty ironflange has had vending machines refuse to accept his last tattered dollar bill.

With both Foxwoods (Aka Slotwoods) and the Mohegan Sun (AKA The Good Indians) in my back yard I can tell you they are as popular as ever round these parts. I get 2 or 3 a week, maybe more.

I get a couple from the bank every time I get paid. I'm putting them in a Crown Royal sack. My very own "bag-o-gold" :bounce:

I also got one in change at the cineplex the other day.

I don't see them in general use, but am always pleased when I get one as change from a purchase, which doesn't happen often.

i use them whenever i get them. it just doesnt appeal to me to save them. its money. i use it.

It's very sad to see how lame the space program's become.

Sorry, I hate those things...

I'm always losing change and it's worse if I lose like $4 on the bus/subway or something as opposed to 50 cents.

I hated the Bristish coinage because, again, coins have a tendancy to fall out of men's khaki and dress pants, so I would always get pissed off after losing 3 or 4 pounds just because two coins fell out.

Also, WTF is Sacagewea doing on a coin anyway?!! I'm sorry, I'm very liberal, but the coin was simply pandering...

Why don't we have a Thomas Paine coin or a better yet, a Ronald Raygun coin (I won't mind losing that one!!!!)

While I recongize her contribution to discovery, sacrifice all that, we could have chosen to honor some person who actually contributed more to the success of the country. This is another reason why the coin failed, who really wants to carry around a minor character from American history????? It might have become popular if it had been a more known and respected person, not a $400 Jeopardy answer...

Sorry, a bit of a rant....

...she was the most crucial figure in the Lewis and Clark expedition. Without her help on finding the horses in present-day Idaho, all those men no doubt would have died in the mountains in the winter. No Sacajewea, failed expedition. And god knows how long it would've been before we would conjur up the balls for another expedition attempt. Who would do such another thing after finding out that all 215 people died??? The western three-fourths of the country wouldn't be what they are today without her crucial help in the expedition.

I'm sorry if that offended you, but it's not like the land was going to disappear in three years if we didn't "discover" it. There would have been many more explorations, many more people trying to get West, it's the American spirit of exploration. Nothing breeds desire like failure...

I still stick by my position that we could have chosen a better representative of history and America to promote the coin. The person should have been chosen as more of a PR selection to get the public interested. It's a step in the right direction, I'd love to see currency with people other than politicians, but why not someone everyone knows and is interested in? Seriously, why not Enrico Fermi, Allen Sheppard, Charlie Chaplin, Frederick Douglass, Mark Twain!?? Those five people are FAR better choices IMO than Sacajewea...

Actually, now that I think about it, damn it, Mark Twain SHOULD be our next choice for currency. He's perfect, but that's another thread altogether....

I would put Martin Luther King on the $50, also.

FANTASTIC idea!

quick & dirty, but hows this:



Better do it before the 'pukes get Ronnie Wackjob on it.

was so that there would be a her on some US money. Pandering? Well, if that's your point of view, what isn't pandering nowadays? Personally, I thought it would have been a better choice to have kept Susan B. Anthony on the new dollar coin, as she is on the old one.

Ronnie can't be put on any coins yet, as he is still alive. When he passes though....

One final thought: I really, really want to invent a time machine, take back some Mark Twain money, and show it to him. What a sight that would be!

on edit: spelling

Saves a lot of hassle and they just look cooler.

I have about 15 sacagewea coins, but they are too pretty to spend :)