New bonanza for coin hunters?

[Dan Hughes]

There's a move afoot in congress that would vitally impact all treasure hunters.

A new bill has been introduced to eliminate dollar bills, and instead everybody would use dollar coins.

If that were to happen, we'd be finding dollar coins everywhere, like we're finding clad coins now!

Why the push for a change from paper dollars to metal-coin dollars? Because it would save the government a cool 5 1/2 billion dollars over a 30-year period.

Find out who's for it, and who's against it, in this show.

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[hightonehunter]

Even though I love my new hobby, I am agains't doing away with the paper dollar. It would be just a huge hassle to have to carry coins in your pocket all the time, not to metion how are you supposed to stick a dollar coin in a g-strap?........LOL

 

[TonyTiger]

Here in Malta it's the Euro,the €2 being the biggest coin.During the summer months I found so many coins I payed for my Minelab xterra 705.

 

[luvsdux]

The loonies and toonies work just fine in Canada and have saved them a lot of money by not having to replace worn dollar bills. Personally, I'd like to see the government switch to 1$, 2$ and a 5$ coin all designed to be pocket friendly and possibly keep a 5$ bill in circulation as well. JMHO
luvsdux

 

[Silver Worm]

LOL!!!

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

To me...This would be GREAT!!!..I would love find Dollar coins all the time...as for doing away with cash....I rarely use it, so it wouldnt be an issue for me

 

[BosnMate]

Oh yeah, G strings and coins. I've got sea stories, but I don't think T Net allows sea stories, so they will remain in the land of fairy tales. However I was in Japan 10 years after the end of hostilities. In those days we changed MPC to Yen, 360 Yen to the dollar. Whiskey was a little over a dollar a fifth, cigarettes were 10 cents a pack so, we were 18 year old sailors, let your imagination run wild, it'll come close to a sea story.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Oh yeah, G strings and coins. I've got sea stories, but I don't think T Net allows sea stories, so they will remain in the land of fairy tales. However I was in Japan 10 years after the end of hostilities. In those days we changed MPC to Yen, 360 Yen to the dollar. Whiskey was a little over a dollar a fifth, cigarettes were 10 cents a pack so, we were 18 year old sailors, let your imagination run wild, it'll come close to a sea story.

nothing wrong with some sea stories

Is there an "Adult" section of this site?

 

[gerryk]

I like the idea of more and bigger denominations of coins, however i still like the paper dollar.

Fort hose concerned about placing a coin in a G string, I don't think you will have any problem finding places to stuff those coins.

 

[doc-d]

Ecuador uses the dollar for it's currency since 2000 and they use the US dollar coins and you rarely see dolar bills…….I now prefer using the dollar coins…..

 

[Gold Maven]

Canada is right.

Vending machines would need upgraded, but it's time to get rid of the dollar bill.

As far as carrying them, you never have more than a few ones on you anyway.....at least you shouldn't, unless you are a dollar bill hoarder.

 

[smokeythecat]

Slightly off topic, I picked up several $2 bills at the bank today. Going to give them to the youngest clerks I can find at convenience or fast food places and just WAIT for the duh? huh? what? looks on their faces. It would take them awhile to adjust to the dollar coins also.

 

[pwcguy]

Since when is the Government worried about 5.5 billion dollars over 30 years? They waist billions every day!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Smokeythecat, ya I know, right! Lol! They can't even make change now with out the machine telling them how much to give back. Talk about "confused" and of course you can't laugh! Lol!

 

[fistfulladirt]

I pay cash for everything day-to-day. I usually carry no less than 200 bucks on me at a time, so it's not going to work. Sorry.

 

[MickeyMaguire]

The persons behind this actual movement are from states with zinc mining operations. hummmm.

 

[tamrock]

Heck ya I'd like to see it. I mowed over a crumpled paper bill in the yard this last summer, thought it was a piece of trash. I picked up a bunch of little scraps of it and couldn't make a full bill. New coins could produce new error's for us to chase down. Also yes a demand for zinc, but keep it all mined here in the U.S.

 

[fmrUSMC_0844]

Here in Malta it's the Euro,the €2 being the biggest coin.During the summer months I found so many coins I payed for my Minelab xterra 705.<img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=903169"/>

Those coins weighed my pants down in Malta when I was there. I spent A LOT of time at a place called St Julians. (If I remember correctly) those coins didn't last in my pocket for too long at the bars lol!

 

[gburgess]

Interesting possibility.

 

[RGINN]

I've only found one dollar coin with my detector (the 'gold' dollar) since they came out, and never found a Susan B. Anthony. I don't know why that is, unless people just didn't carry them around and lose them that much. I find it remarkable that we have a U.S. coin featuring an unwed teenage mother.