Comments on: 2018 Native American $1 Coin Image Unveiled

By: Joe Brown

Joe Brown — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 01:13:09 +0000

Larry Schmitt - I remember as a kid, i sent away, from a clipping from a comic book, to Littleton Coin, up in the state of N.H, for a package of small change from around the world, it had to cost me no more than a $1.25 i remember, because i put all my, penny's, nickels,& dime,s in plastic lunch warp and tied the warp into a knot, and then into your avg,size envelope 4'' x 9'' and licked it & sealed it, then i printed the address on the envelope, it looked real good, ''NOT" smart huh, then i stuck all the 1 cent, 2 cent, three cent, 5 cent stamps on it front & back, and sent it on it's way, well hats of to our *U.S.P.S & Littleton Coin, i forgot all about it, because i mailed in mid spring & it came back early summer, Pony Express i guess*, my Dad & i have the same giving nickname, so my Mom, said is this yours, because, she said any mail that my Father gets has it's real name it, '' what the hell do i know'' that's the name every body calls me by so it's *real. Well i got back more than i bargin for, a good package of small change from around the world, in one of those wax paper envelopes, with typing on it, saying what country they came from, they were all ''Tin'' ten of them, as light as a feather all ten in the palm of my hand, with pictures of *Elephant & Tigers* ''wild kingdom'' in the palm of my hand, ''smile*'' not all were round tho, a first for me to sea* the one i liked the best was 4 - 3/4 circles join*d together, that was 1969 or 70 no later, for the ''tin or aluminum coins, as you mention in your blog, they been around for a many long years.

By: Munzen

Munzen — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 03:03:40 +0000

Larry – ” there are a lot of logical changes that could be made in this country that won’t be made because Congress has to make the changes, and they’re not in the business of actually doing anything.”

I couldn’t have said it any better!

FWIW, after my earlier posts I did some more searching and found that various polls within the EU showed a majority of respondents in all but one country favored ditching 1 and 2 cent coins. Presumably the corresponding national governments will catch up at some point. As for here, I expect my future grandchildren will still be using little pictures of Lincoln in 2095.

By: Joe Brown

Joe Brown — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 23:23:30 +0000

Muzen – thanks for pointing that out, on your side note,which says one of which isn’t a multiple of the other, which is the dime & quarter,if they – every do away with the cent & nickel. I’ll say this again tho, just me i* guess so far, the reason for all the hoarding of $1 coins all these years, is for whenever or if ever the ”dukey’s” start to fly, & all the greenbacks they keep pumping out to the world turns to crap paper only, you won’t even be able to buy a roll of ass wipe with a c*- note$$$, never flushed one, but i’m sure they will ”clog” the system all over the streets of the world, the world will be infested with garbage fly,s & maggots, and there will be mile long lines for all these dollar coins that they been hoarding for years, to be issued out. ? does anyone know the real reason why for all the hoarding at the cost of *our tax dollars all these years, feel *free to speak up! that’s just my ,,stinking thinking,, what i have to say here, i’m no one to judge your thought*s on this matter, that’s been brought up for some time now, don’t worry it’s free right now to speak up.

By: Larry Schmitt

Larry Schmitt — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 18:35:31 +0000

Munzen, I had read that several countries, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary and Belgium, had already ditched the smallest coins, and last year Ireland and Italy were in the process of doing so, so I assumed that they would be on the way out all over Europe. They cost much more to produce than they’re worth, and the only thing consumers can do with them is save them and exchange them for “real” money. If they want to keep them in collector sets for nostalgia, as with the dollar and half dollar coins here, that would make sense. But there are a lot of logical changes that could be made in this country that won’t be made because Congress has to make the changes, and they’re not in the business of actually doing anything.

By: Munzen

Munzen — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 18:07:09 +0000

Larry – in spite of their cost and inefficiency, 1- and 2-cent coins are still being used issued by the majority of eurozone countries. From what I’ve been able to find at the ECB and European Commission sites, only Finland, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands are currently rounding to the nearest €0.05 although Estonia will probably do the same.

Interestingly, the little coins are technically legal tender across the eurozone so presumably you can still spend them in “rounding” countries. That must create more than a few annoyances for merchants in those nations.

As a side note, so long as the US has of quarters instead of 20¢ coins it would be very difficult to eventually eliminate the nickel, as some other countries have done or proposed. The reason of course is that getting rid of both the cent and nickel would leave us with only 2 circulating coins, one of which isn’t a multiple of the other. After Canada ended cent production the Royal Mint looked at whether it would be practical to zap the nickel as well and concluded it would monkey-wrench making change for many purchases. Their proposal, currently inactive, would be to withdraw the quarter in favor of a 20¢ piece and issue a new, smaller 50¢ coin.

By: Joe Brown

Joe Brown — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 06:38:13 +0000

all right, the laugh is on >me<, for not proof reading what i* write, got'a take a leak real bad,""live of their negative – – – energy all the time'''' i tell ya it sucks getting old.

By: Joe Brown

Joe Brown — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 06:26:01 +0000

I have to give credit, where credit is do one more time, great job people of the U.S. Mint* of the making of this coin of Mr. Jim Thorpe a rock solid of a man, not just because he built like a rock, but he was a rock solid human being, and a true *first family of the *country we live in today, USA, how could you not be a good man and a good sport, with the name *bright path*, some of you guys just can’t be pleased, just like someone i* know oh so very well, how could you not like this, wheres your *American Sprite* how could you not love a coin like this, by all means i* know, i’m no one to speak, i,m the first to emit it, but when i* sea so much negative energy being used so much, i — write in negative energy, a real downer, i can feel it owhzzing threw the scream here, but i*ll always go with my positive +++++ energy first, i swear some people just live of there positive energy all the time, bad funk to be in, bummer.

By: Chas Barber

Chas Barber — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 00:12:47 +0000

Much nicer design than last years, which was really kind of scary to my 8 year old! Regardless, the $1 coins are like gift that keeps on going… What is the taxpayers cost to melt like 50,000,000 Prez$1…?

By: Mouse

Mouse — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:29:09 +0000

Greetings Larry, I fully agree with you. It costs more to produce the penny than it’s worth. Makes no sense to continue minting the product. I’m sure your congress has more pressing matters to attend to…like saving tax paying citizens money.

Mouse

By: Larry Schmitt

Larry Schmitt — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:44:21 +0000

@Mouse: Virtually every other country has eliminated their smallest coin, as they can’t be used to buy anything. I think every country in the Eurozone has stopped minting 1 and 2 cent coins, except possibly in collector sets. At one time India was minting their smallest denomination coins from aluminum. I held a couple of them in my hand, and if I hadn’t been looking at them, I wouldn’t have known there was anything there. If you’re going to make coins from aluminum, why even bother? But in the US, the mining lobby and the Illinois Congressional delegation (Lincoln) keep the pennies in production. We need to get Congress out of the decision process.