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Customer: "What sort of $1 coins does the car wash take?"
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I can understand this, actually. There are some machines that take special tokens that generally run you a buck and are only used at said machine.Ridiculous 2009 Predictions: Evil Queen will beat Martha Stewart to death with a muffin pan. All hail Evil Queen! (Some things don't need elaboration.....) -- Jester
Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z
Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeart -
Yeah, but tokens are not $1 coins, even if they're worth a buck."I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
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that and the US does have four different dollar coins still in circulation.
Eisenhower dollar (1971–1978)
Anthony dollar (1979–1981; 1999)
Sacagawea dollar (2000–Present)
Presidential Dollar Coin Program (2007–2016?)Honestly.... the image of that in my head made me go "AWESOME!"..... and then I remembered I am terribly strange.-Red dazesComment
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Except EH is in Australia, and I'm not sure, but I don't think they have multiples like that.Quoth BlaqueKatt View PostComment
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Some amusement parks used to use coins that said "1$" on one side and "not valid anywhere else" on the other. (Riverbend tried that and they went back to their old coinage system)Quoth Samaliel View PostRidiculous 2009 Predictions: Evil Queen will beat Martha Stewart to death with a muffin pan. All hail Evil Queen! (Some things don't need elaboration.....) -- Jester
Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z
Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeartComment
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Oh! You totally reminded me of these "Downtown Dollar" things we had here. I never really found out just what they were for beyond parking and taking the bus, but supposedly they could also be used at some businesses downtown. So some areas do have stuff like that.Quoth Evil Queen View PostComment
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Australia has $1 & $2 coins. Their paper money doesn't come in anything less than a five note if I remember correctly (been a few years since I went down under). I sure did have some heavy damn pockets after a few days of being there though.Comment
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It wouldn't matter anyway, if they did, since one of the main requirements of all four variants of the USD $1 coins is that their mass and dimensions be close enough to the Eisenhower to be considered identical by automated devices like vending machines and car-washes.Quoth Broomjockey View Post...WHY DO YOU TEMPT WHAT LITTLE FAITH IN HUMANITY I HAVE!?! -- Kalga
And I want a pony for Christmas but neither of us is getting what we want OK! What you are asking is impossible. -- Wicked LexiComment
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Quoth BlaqueKatt View PostLook again. The US dollar coins minted since 1979 (Anthony/Sacagawea/Presidential dollars) are much small than the dollar coins minted earlier (Eisenhower dollar). The coins since 1979 are 26.5mm in diameter and weight 8.1 gm. The ones minted earlier are 38.1 mm in diameter and weigh 22.68 to 24.59 gm depending on the composition.Quoth JustADude View Post
Eisenhower dollar.
Anthony/Sacagawea/Presidential dollars."I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."Comment
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They do change the design every now and then, but the size and weight is always the same. I've got one somewhere with a special mark on it that indicates I made it by pressing the button on the make-your-own-$1-coin machine at the mint.Quoth Broomjockey View PostComment
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Something like that ought to drive collectors crazy a hundred or so years from now.Quoth edible_hat View Post
"I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."Comment
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My bad. I just assumed because the other three were the same they matched the Eisenhower.Quoth Ironclad Alibi View Post
My point, though, is still valid. No matter the country, all the commonly occurring dollar coins are as interchangeable with others from the same currency system.
...WHY DO YOU TEMPT WHAT LITTLE FAITH IN HUMANITY I HAVE!?! -- Kalga
And I want a pony for Christmas but neither of us is getting what we want OK! What you are asking is impossible. -- Wicked LexiComment
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Not in vending machines if they've changed sizes, or sometimes metal content. Which does happen. For instance, the US half-dime was made out of silver and was half the size of a dime for a long time, until they decided that that was just too itty-bitty for practical use (and a silver shortage helped the demise of the half-dime). How often change like this happens depends on country stability, inflation, and stoginess.Quoth JustADude View Posty point, though, is still valid. No matter the country, all the commonly occurring dollar coins are as interchangeable with others from the same currency system.
The US has made special effort to try to ensure the dollar coins after Ike had similar weights and electromagnetic signatures, otherwise some machines would have rejected whichever one they weren't set up for.Comment
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The Gold Kind... Goodness Me some people!
Are you in Sydney EH? Cause if you are I am going to start taking extra bloody care crossing the road! THAT PERSON DRIVES!Comment
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