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Originally Posted by buggyone
Well, the Susan Anthony dollar was a failure as was the Sacajawa dollar. The silver dollar was just too big to carry around so that was a failure, too.
Keep the paper dollar. Much easier to handle.
If you have ever been to Canada, Mexico, or the Caribbean and tried using one of our dollar coins for a tip or small purchase, they will not accept it.
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I go to Cancun every September to my Time Share. When the new Dollar Coins came out I took a bunch with me to have some fun. You should have seen the looks I got from the locals when I handed them a dollar coin or two for a tip. They smiled with a funny look in their eyes thinking I gave them a quarter. When they looked at the coins it was really funny to see their reactions. It was as if they were stumped as to what they were. My wife thought I was cruel to do that but it was funny to me. Just my sense of humor I guess.