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[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

We've tried dollar coins a couple times.

[-] themadcodger@kbin.earth 4 points 21 hours ago

But never with taking away the bills. Get rid if the bills and force the coins and voilà.

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

too many stripper injuries

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

That seems like a losing move for not a lot of benefit.

[-] themadcodger@kbin.earth 1 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, no idea on the pros and cons of dollar coins, just that they'll never take off while there are still bills circulating.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

My guess would be a knee jerk response like the move away from incandescent bulbs.

I barely even use cash at this point so I'm not sure what the actual implications would be.

[-] gheesh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Aren't dollar coins used in the US? Because I've used them in dollarized economies (e.g. Ecuador) and I assumed they were fairly standard everywhere.

[-] CMonster@discuss.online 1 points 2 hours ago

They exist but are not circulated in nearly enough quantity so we basically collect them as oddities.

[-] tiefling 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We have them but they're somewhat uncommon. I needed three for a project recently and had to go well out of my way to find them

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

i only see them in Las Vegas, where theres millions of them.

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