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Out with my buddy today. Too much snow in the woods, and too little on the sleigh hills. But, we gave it our best and got a US dollar bill directly outside my car passenger door and one loonie on the hill. Our Canadian Dollar sucks against the US greenback.
From everything I've read, folks in the U.S. don't want the $1 and $2 coins. The mint has tried at least 3 different $1 coins and none has been accepted by the people for circulation. In Canada, we weren't given a choice. When the Mint started issuing the coins in $1 and $2 denominations, they quit printing the equivalent bills and reasonably quickly pulled the bills out of circulation. The coins last longer than paper money and are cheaper to produce. Then there's the story of the disappearing penny. No longer in circulation and transactions are rounded to the nearest nickle, sometimes up and sometimes down. Lots of pennies still in the ground to be found though.
I want coins for all money of all denominations. And I want it worth its face value. Use copper silver and gold again in various alloys so that the coins are worth their value. Too bad this isn't really possible...
Sure makes a detecting vacation a tad more expensive.....but what the halibut..one must dig. You still making the coin rings. Still have the one i traded you for .
The $1 bill must have been a "Silver Certificate" unless it was an eyeball find.
I personally would love to see the US follow Canada with doing away with the pennies, $1 and $2 dollar coins and a $5 coins as well.
Too bad they would cost so much more than a paper bill. But they can last for 100s of years, unless lost in salt water.
It sure would improve a year's $dollar$ count.
