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It does make sense for dollar coins to hit mainstream as pennies and nickels will disapper before all coins do.
by paulkrush 10mo ago
It does make sense for dollar coins to hit mainstream as pennies and nickels will disapper before all coins do.
- euroderf 10mo agoNickels won't, because of quarters/dimes math. But yes, the penny tray is freed up.
- dragonwriter 10mo agoMaybe quarters also go (perhaps with half-dollars becoming more common, which, alongside dimes and dollars, would give the same first-three-steps scale as penny/nickel/dime, just shifted a decimal place.)
- ProllyInfamous 10mo agoYes, and reduce the size of new_half_dollar to current_quarter; new_quarter to current_nickel; dime remains same size. Nix nickels and pennies. Dollars become smaller than current_half_dollar, but larger than current_quarter.
- euroderf 10mo agoIf you reuse currrent form factors for larger denominations, people will exploit it.
- ProllyInfamous 10mo agoI agree — tangentally Gresham's Law [0] >"Bad money drives out good." Perhaps reduce denominations to bespoke sizes — but just make them smaller [2]. [0] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham%27s_law> [2] I am among the few people who actively uses half dollar coins — they're simply too bulky for most people (I'm a fatguy so I've got enough pocketspace).
- euroderf 10mo agoThe current half dollar is a rejected monster. Nickels should be too. Shifting a decimal place works for me. Prices when I grew up up in the 60s & 70s were a fraction of today's. Penny candy WAS REAL! And the "five & dime" had stuff for, well, nickels & dimes. Not a lot, but some things. Nowadays it's dollar stores (a blight on the landscape) - their prevalence tells ya sumthin'bout the disposable income situation of many, many citizens.