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<p>[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 312436, member: 11521"]No. That's what $5s, $10s and $20s are for.</p><p> </p><p>But I would rather carry TWO $1 coins in my pocket than EIGHT quarters. A clad quarter weighs 5.67 g so eight quarters weigh 45.36 g. A golden dollar weighs 8.1 g so two golden dollars weigh 16.2 g. I don't know about you but I think it is a good thing anytime I can reduce the weight of the coins in my pocket by almost 2/3 (not to mention the reduction in volume) and still have the same totatl value.</p><p> </p><p>Don't you love going to the car wash, putting a $5 bill in the coin changer and getting TWENTY quarters? Then, for a $3 car wash, you have the pleasure of feeding TWELVE quarters into a slot and pocketing the remaining EIGHT quarters. Personally, I would rather get FIVE $1 coins in change for my $5 bill, feed THREE $1 coins into the slot and have TWO $1 coins left over to carry in my pocket.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 312436, member: 11521"]No. That's what $5s, $10s and $20s are for. But I would rather carry TWO $1 coins in my pocket than EIGHT quarters. A clad quarter weighs 5.67 g so eight quarters weigh 45.36 g. A golden dollar weighs 8.1 g so two golden dollars weigh 16.2 g. I don't know about you but I think it is a good thing anytime I can reduce the weight of the coins in my pocket by almost 2/3 (not to mention the reduction in volume) and still have the same totatl value. Don't you love going to the car wash, putting a $5 bill in the coin changer and getting TWENTY quarters? Then, for a $3 car wash, you have the pleasure of feeding TWELVE quarters into a slot and pocketing the remaining EIGHT quarters. Personally, I would rather get FIVE $1 coins in change for my $5 bill, feed THREE $1 coins into the slot and have TWO $1 coins left over to carry in my pocket.[/QUOTE]
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