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minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·16 hours agoWe’ve tried dollar coins a couple times.
minus-squarethemadcodger@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 hours agoBut never with taking away the bills. Get rid if the bills and force the coins and voilà.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoThat seems like a losing move for not a lot of benefit.
minus-squarethemadcodger@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoYeah, no idea on the pros and cons of dollar coins, just that they’ll never take off while there are still bills circulating.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoMy guess would be a knee jerk response like the move away from incandescent bulbs. I barely even use cash at this point so I’m not sure what the actual implications would be.
minus-squaregheesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoAren’t dollar coins used in the US? Because I’ve used them in dollarized economies (e.g. Ecuador) and I assumed they were fairly standard everywhere.
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-215 hours agoWe have them but they’re somewhat uncommon. I needed three for a project recently and had to go well out of my way to find them
We’ve tried dollar coins a couple times.
But never with taking away the bills. Get rid if the bills and force the coins and voilà.
That seems like a losing move for not a lot of benefit.
Yeah, no idea on the pros and cons of dollar coins, just that they’ll never take off while there are still bills circulating.
My guess would be a knee jerk response like the move away from incandescent bulbs.
I barely even use cash at this point so I’m not sure what the actual implications would be.
Aren’t dollar coins used in the US? Because I’ve used them in dollarized economies (e.g. Ecuador) and I assumed they were fairly standard everywhere.
We have them but they’re somewhat uncommon. I needed three for a project recently and had to go well out of my way to find them