[2023throwawayy]

I was lamenting yesterday how coins should all just go away. Round up or down.

[dragontamer]

Pennies and nickels and even quarters might be useless.

But coins for $1, $2 and $5 is likely more convenient. In particular, coins last like 20+ years in practice while paper degrades in 1/10th the time

[dieselgate]

Interesting how a lot of countries have these coins if I'm not mistaken (e.g. Canada with the toonie) but they're not relevant at all in US currency.

I still like $2 bills though

[marssaxman]

I used to keep a stock of $2 bills around specifically to pay bus fare - with the bill and a couple quarters in hand, I could step onto the bus, pay, and move back to a seat with barely a pause. This sometimes confused the drivers.

[DerekL]

The US has a $1 coin, but stores never give it back in change, using $1 bills instead. Some vending machines do give it back in change.

[dieselgate]

Indeed, I'm a fan of the USD Kennedy half dollar but haven't seen one in years

[peteradio]

Won't somebody think of the gumballs :(

[zzzcsgo]

I love coins ... Specially the 1$ ones... Apparently that's what they give you for change at Atlanta train stations