It would be a poor idea to introduce a coin that couldn’t be easily accommodated by coin-op machines. The Sacajawea was specifically designed to be the same size and magnetic signature was previous dollar coins so that coin-op machines that has taken “silver dollars” would also take Sacajaweas without updating.
I think this is the way. And, in memoriam of the quarter and to celebrate the massive increase in half-dollar production, we open with a 50cents for 50states where we produce half-dollars with 50 alternative “tails”, one for each state.
I doubt it’ll happen in this administration, but at least we are getting rid of the penny, finally.
Just use dimes and half dollars
Unfortunately half dollars are comically large
They don’t have to be. The old silver dollar coin was huge, but the sacagawea dollar coin is no bigger than a quarter
It would be a poor idea to introduce a coin that couldn’t be easily accommodated by coin-op machines. The Sacajawea was specifically designed to be the same size and magnetic signature was previous dollar coins so that coin-op machines that has taken “silver dollars” would also take Sacajaweas without updating.
I think this is the way. And, in memoriam of the quarter and to celebrate the massive increase in half-dollar production, we open with a 50cents for 50states where we produce half-dollars with 50 alternative “tails”, one for each state.
I doubt it’ll happen in this administration, but at least we are getting rid of the penny, finally.
We’d need a massive public awareness campaign to let them know we’re even allowed to change this.