I'm with Bill. I don't carry cash if I can help it. And I've rejected carrying coins for years. I either give them to the kids or toss them in a plastic jar. Plastic works everywhere I go (which may be limited, compared to some of you). Coffee; groceries; gasoline; Walmart; Lowes; Fast Food; Black Angus, etc.; just swipe your card.
I do carry some coins now however, the "gold" coins because I like to give them away to kids. I'm 68 and the smiles are worth the buck. I always talk to the parents first and 9 time out of 10, they are not aware that the U.S. Gov has the Presidential, First Spouse, and Sacajawea series. I have to explain that they are not real gold; that they are not worth saving because there are millions out there; let the kid spend it! :o)
I recently heard that the Mint is considering dropping these series, as people are not using them.
If you put twenty five dollars worth in your pocket, it is a load, by weight.
As for the "gold" color, once a coin has been in human hands, it turns dull, somewhat like a penny; that brownish, copperish color.
So, for me (for what that's worth), I could get buy on credits in place of actual cash. Plastic is almost like that anyway. Write a check and hand it to the cashier at walmart. They scan it and hand it back to you. "Paper" is on it's way out. How long it will take is unpredictable. As for coins, even parking meters in some cities, now take plastic...
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I'm with Bill. I don't carry cash if I can help it. And I've rejected carrying coins for years. I either give them to the kids or toss them in a plastic jar. Plastic works everywhere I go (which may be limited, compared to some of you). Coffee; groceries; gasoline; Walmart; Lowes; Fast Food; Black Angus, etc.; just swipe your card.
I do carry some coins now however, the "gold" coins because I like to give them away to kids. I'm 68 and the smiles are worth the buck. I always talk to the parents first and 9 time out of 10, they are not aware that the U.S. Gov has the Presidential, First Spouse, and Sacajawea series. I have to explain that they are not real gold; that they are not worth saving because there are millions out there; let the kid spend it! :o)
I recently heard that the Mint is considering dropping these series, as people are not using them.
If you put twenty five dollars worth in your pocket, it is a load, by weight.
As for the "gold" color, once a coin has been in human hands, it turns dull, somewhat like a penny; that brownish, copperish color.
So, for me (for what that's worth), I could get buy on credits in place of actual cash. Plastic is almost like that anyway. Write a check and hand it to the cashier at walmart. They scan it and hand it back to you. "Paper" is on it's way out. How long it will take is unpredictable. As for coins, even parking meters in some cities, now take plastic...