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How Long Before There Is A Call To Modify Us Coins?

BootyHunter said:
With this "coin shortage" I hope they stopmaking cent coins, stop printing $1s and $5s and make some $1 and $5 coins. That would be sweet and would make things very interesting!
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What I don't "get", is, if there really IS this "shortage", why are stores and other institutions NOT begging people to spend coins with them? They did in '64, why not now? Very odd. :?:
 
Paper money is "dirtier" than coins. They def need to get rid of $1 and $5 bills and replace with coins. If people had to use them, they would. $1 coins always been some goofy design. Make a cool design, nice sized 1 and 5 coins already
 
Get rid of 1 and 5 dollar bills

BootyHunter said:
Paper money is "dirtier" than coins. They def need to get rid of $1 and $5 bills and replace with coins. If people had to use them, they would. $1 coins always been some goofy design. Make a cool design, nice sized 1 and 5 coins already
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I think that is how Canada did it , got rid of 1 and 2 dollar bills and the coins will have to be used .
 
BootyHunter said:
Paper money is "dirtier" than coins. They def need to get rid of $1 and $5 bills and replace with coins. If people had to use them, they would. $1 coins always been some goofy design. Make a cool design, nice sized 1 and 5 coins already
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How is paper money dirtier than coin?
 
dirty paper money

amc rulz said:
How is paper money dirtier than coin?
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Paper money can reportedly carry more germs than a household toilet. And bills are a hospitable environment for gross microbes: viruses and bacteria can live on most surfaces for about 48 hours, but paper money can reportedly transport a live flu virus for up to 17 days. It's enough to make you switch to credit.
 
davidlhyde63366 said:
Paper money can reportedly carry more germs than a household toilet. And bills are a hospitable environment for gross microbes: viruses and bacteria can live on most surfaces for about 48 hours, but paper money can reportedly transport a live flu virus for up to 17 days. It's enough to make you switch to credit.
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Maybe I should start “laundering” my cash.

Edit: this is sarcasm, of course.
 
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Yeah theres industry pressure by vending machine owners for sure, but the reason the populace didnt adopt the $1 coins is purely a personal decision. I dont worry one whit about vending costs- i base my decisions on what works for Me. (and if the vending cost rises too far, i dont buy from them. not my problem).
i prefer to carry bills because i dont carry coins (tho i want everyone else to! :D)
 
GLASSHOPPER1955 said:
What I don't "get", is, if there really IS this "shortage", why are stores and other institutions NOT begging people to spend coins with them? They did in '64, why not now? Very odd. :?:
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They are:

https://www.njherald.com/news/20200718/coin-shortage-covid-19-stole-our-change-and-this-is-what-stores-are-doing-to-get-more

https://wpst.com/your-unused-coins-can-earn-a-freebie-at-wawa/

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2020/07/09/coin-shortage-wawa/

For those folks outside the Philadelphia/South Jersey area, WaWa is iconic. And it’s not a small, two-bit operation. You pretty much can’t go more than two miles without running across another WaWa store in the area - over 900 locations across 5 states. They aren’t begging for coins because it’s “all just made up” - they really are having a hard time.

My sister and brother-in-law own a diner in New Jersey, and they are struggling to get sufficient coinage for day-to-day ops. They’re limited to makeshift outdoor dining and curbside pickup right now - essentially running at 50% revenue at best. If they get to reopen for indoor dining anytime soon, they are considering incentives to encourage exact change or cashless payment.
 
AirmetTango said:
They are:

https://www.njherald.com/news/20200718/coin-shortage-covid-19-stole-our-change-and-this-is-what-stores-are-doing-to-get-more

https://wpst.com/your-unused-coins-can-earn-a-freebie-at-wawa/

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2020/07/09/coin-shortage-wawa/

For those folks outside the Philadelphia/South Jersey area, WaWa is iconic. And it’s not a small, two-bit operation. You pretty much can’t go more than two miles without running across another WaWa store in the area - over 900 locations across 5 states. They aren’t begging for coins because it’s “all just made up” - they really are having a hard time.

My sister and brother-in-law own a diner in New Jersey, and they are struggling to get sufficient coinage for day-to-day ops. They’re limited to makeshift outdoor dining and curbside pickup right now - essentially running at 50% revenue at best. If they get to reopen for indoor dining anytime soon, they are considering incentives to encourage exact change or cashless payment.
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Good for them. :thumbsup:

But nothing like that in the stores I use in my area yet.

Just the same old cash refusals and "cards only" - Unless you use an attended checkout. For now, anyway.

I was allowed to use cash at our Menards today tho.
 
GLASSHOPPER1955 said:
Good for them. :thumbsup:

But nothing like that in the stores I use in my area yet.

Just the same old cash refusals and "cards only" - Unless you use an attended checkout. For now, anyway.

I was allowed to use cash at our Menards today tho.
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interesting, in NY businesses can not refuse cash. Which is good because some people do not have the ability to get a credit card. This whole forced to do purchases with a bank so they can make money is bs.
 
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