John Adams $1 gold coins

I will say this about the state quarters and collectors. How many people started collecting them at the very beginning, years ago? Now how many of those people have actually collected all of them to date? In 100 years, with very likely so few full sets in good condition, they might actually be worth something.

 

My wife once tried to use a dollar coin in a local store, can't remember if it was a Wal-Mart of Target, but you get the idea.

She hands the cashier bills and change, and the cashier tells her they don't accept Mexican money.

Mrs. Scribe: "It's a U.S. coin. It says so right there."

The cashier turns it over and over and over in her hand a dozen times, as if a new side will appear if she looks at it long enough. Finally she calls over a supervisor, who turns it over and over and over in his hand and finally accepts it, but insists on seeing my wife's driver's license first.

Idiots. I blame the parents. Or the schools. Or polygamists.

 

I have a book of the state quarters, with slots for both Philadelphia & Denver mint. Those D's are hard to come by out here on the east coast.

I'm not expecting them to be worth anything, I just thought it would be cool to collect a whole set.

 

I'm already counting down the days until the Martin Van Buren coin comes out (November 13)! 2012 - The year of Grover Cleveland:

2012
21 Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885
22 Grover Cleveland 1885-1889
23 Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893
24 Grover Cleveland 1893-1897

 

Put $5 in a soda machine.

 

Back when Pac Man Jones in da club was big news, somebody came on sports talk here with a brilliant line. He said he was going to a strip joint with a bag of nickles and making it hail.

 

Why was your wife hanging out in Eldorado?

 

Not for nothing, but they won't be mainstream until you can use them in vending machines. I get a fistfull of these from the subway change machine and I can't use them at work--The stupid machines take a dollar bill, but no slots for dollar coins. I like Canuckistan's money system. A 1-dollar and 2-dollar coin--Bills in 5s, 10s, etc.

 

Unbelievable. Very nice, my friend.

 

I occasionally use a $5 in a pop machine to get a couple to add to my folder. I save one to use later, and I put one in my change jar.

I know they won't be worth much, but like my grandpa, I just like collecting crap like this.