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The answer is an awkward "yes" They are "designed" for circulation, but only ever get sold as collectors items. Banks won't stock them but you can order rolls

The answer is an awkward "yes" They are "designed" for circulation, but only ever get sold as collectors items. Banks won't stock them but you can order rolls or bags of them from the US mint for a little over face value (I ordered a roll of the space shuttle ones to the UK) I'm not sure what stops the USA using dollar coins in circulation, I assume there's no legal requirement for banks to stock them? (The fact that's there's currently at least three different sizes of US dollar coin that is legal tender probably doesn't help either)

sschueller 1y ago
The toll booths in Massachusetts used to accept dollar coins.
bombcar 1y ago
Banks usually have some dollar coins and if you ask they can get them. But cash register drawers usually do not have a space for them, they’re relatively heavy, and people don’t use them because they don’t use them. Vending machines famously went ham trying to use them which annoyed people. It didn’t help that the old Susan B dollar coins were almost a quarter shape and size if you weren’t paying attention. The dollar coin SHOULD be small, a bit bigger than a dime, imo. Or just skip the dollar coin and go right to a three dollar coin.
- sparrish 1y ago
  Pennies are going away so cash drawers should start having room for $1 coins soon. I'm hopeful we'll start seeing them.
  - mark-r 1y ago
    I always wondered what took them so long. Pennies are so worthless people won't even stoop to pick one up if they see it on the ground.
astura 1y ago
>I'm not sure what stops the USA using dollar coins in circulation, We have a dollar bill
ab5tract 1y ago
My intuition is that if there’s no 2 dollar coin to go with it, there’s no way for it to gain practical traction. In the US, change is already an annoying factor because sales tax is rarely included in eg, 4.99. So no one is jumping up and down to go from five slices of paper to five rattling coins.

sschueller 1y ago

The toll booths in Massachusetts used to accept dollar coins.

bombcar 1y ago

Banks usually have some dollar coins and if you ask they can get them. But cash register drawers usually do not have a space for them, they’re relatively heavy, and people don’t use them because they don’t use them. Vending machines famously went ham trying to use them which annoyed people. It didn’t help that the old Susan B dollar coins were almost a quarter shape and size if you weren’t paying attention. The dollar coin SHOULD be small, a bit bigger than a dime, imo. Or just skip the dollar coin and go right to a three dollar coin.

sparrish 1y ago
Pennies are going away so cash drawers should start having room for $1 coins soon. I'm hopeful we'll start seeing them.
- mark-r 1y ago
  I always wondered what took them so long. Pennies are so worthless people won't even stoop to pick one up if they see it on the ground.

astura 1y ago

>I'm not sure what stops the USA using dollar coins in circulation, We have a dollar bill

ab5tract 1y ago

My intuition is that if there’s no 2 dollar coin to go with it, there’s no way for it to gain practical traction. In the US, change is already an annoying factor because sales tax is rarely included in eg, 4.99. So no one is jumping up and down to go from five slices of paper to five rattling coins.