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Yes. $1 coins aren't super common but they're not so odd that someone wouldn't believe it's real. There are also collector-oriented coins but pretty much none

Yes. $1 coins aren't super common but they're not so odd that someone wouldn't believe it's real. There are also collector-oriented coins but pretty much none of those are actually intended for use. Edit: fun fact, there are also $2 bills (but those are way more rare and someone might not believe it's real).

technofiend 1y ago
It's happened more than once that people thought $2 bills were fake; here's a recent example: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/houston-school-confuses-2-bill-as-fake-calls-police-on-student/131981/ https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/houston-school-confuses-2-... I had someone pocket a Susan B. Anthony $1 coin and put their own money in the register to replace it, but that was because it was a rare coin, not because they thought it was fake.
redeux 1y ago
$2 bills aren’t rare at all. You can walk into your local bank and get a stack of them anytime, if you’d like.
- rkomorn 1y ago
  Okay, awesome point. Meanwhile, in my 25 years of living in the US (NJ, SoCal, and NorCal), I can count on one hand the number of times I've come across them "in the wild". I started collecting them in 2004 by keeping every one I ran into in person and I now have: 3.
  - throwup238 1y ago
    They’re mostly used by strip clubs so if that’s not your thing, you’ll rarely see them.
- nosrepa 1y ago
  Strip clubs also commonly use 2 dollar bills.
  - rkomorn 1y ago
    The Venn diagram of things I learn on HN and things I expected to learn on HN has an ever decreasing intersection.
strogonoff 1y ago
I love Wozniak’s story about $2 bills that are particularly difficult to believe in reality of: https://web.archive.org/web/20111122202554/https://archive.woz.org/letters/general/78.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111122202554/https://archive.w...
- rkomorn 1y ago
  That is way beyond my usual experience with the bills! XD
- blauditore 1y ago
  Lol, lost it at the "Laser Safety Officer" fake id... :'D

technofiend 1y ago

It's happened more than once that people thought $2 bills were fake; here's a recent example: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/houston-school-confuses-2-bill-as-fake-calls-police-on-student/131981/ https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/houston-school-confuses-2-... I had someone pocket a Susan B. Anthony $1 coin and put their own money in the register to replace it, but that was because it was a rare coin, not because they thought it was fake.

redeux 1y ago

$2 bills aren’t rare at all. You can walk into your local bank and get a stack of them anytime, if you’d like.

rkomorn 1y ago
Okay, awesome point. Meanwhile, in my 25 years of living in the US (NJ, SoCal, and NorCal), I can count on one hand the number of times I've come across them "in the wild". I started collecting them in 2004 by keeping every one I ran into in person and I now have: 3.
- throwup238 1y ago
  They’re mostly used by strip clubs so if that’s not your thing, you’ll rarely see them.
nosrepa 1y ago
Strip clubs also commonly use 2 dollar bills.
- rkomorn 1y ago
  The Venn diagram of things I learn on HN and things I expected to learn on HN has an ever decreasing intersection.

strogonoff 1y ago

I love Wozniak’s story about $2 bills that are particularly difficult to believe in reality of: https://web.archive.org/web/20111122202554/https://archive.woz.org/letters/general/78.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111122202554/https://archive.w...

rkomorn 1y ago
That is way beyond my usual experience with the bills! XD
blauditore 1y ago
Lol, lost it at the "Laser Safety Officer" fake id... :'D