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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1271854, member: 15929&quot;]No. Not IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not really believe that &quot;bulk&quot; has anything to do with current coin circulations as much as I believe that retail outlets have a specific method for dispensing change which THEY are unwilling to change.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the old days, change was counted &quot;back&quot; to the customer. I was taught to count the change from the purchase price upto the amount of money tendered:</p><p><br /></p><p>For a $2.23 purchase it would be: $2.24, $2.25, $2.50, ($2.75, $3.00 or $3.00), $4.00, $5.00 where the change was comprised of two cents, three quarters or a single quarter and a single half dollar) two one dollar bills. </p><p><br /></p><p>Today, cashiers rely upon the &quot;computer&quot; to count &quot;out&quot; the change for the customer then merely hand them the total. Usually bills first then change (which kinda irks me since its easier for change to slide off of the bills onto the floor than it is for the change to slide out of your hand onto the floor. Drive Up windorws are the worst!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Giving cashiers an &quot;option&quot; fof either two quarters or a half dollar seems to add to &quot;cashier confusion&quot;. Take away the computer and most cashiers would be totally lost.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m of the opinion that folks do not really care WHAT kind of change they are given as long as its: </p><p><br /></p><p>1. Not Ridiculous (47 individual cents or perhaps 12 quarters)</p><p>2. Spendable </p><p>3. The Correct Amount</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m also of the opinion that coin circulation is ONLY and DIRECTLY related to what retail merchants dispense and has absolutel NOTHING to do with what&#039;s currently available. Their jobs are to simply make change available in the easiest manner possible. Having two options for one value is just silly which is WHY merchants do not ORDER One Dollar Coin rolls or Half Dollar coin rolls to dispense. It confuses the cashiers and confuses the customers since one of the two has to have the ability to make quick addition and subtraction calculations in their heads without relying upon some stupid computer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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