@beast. You take it to the bank?!? To get a more spendable dollar bill?!?
Man, you living day-to-day off vending machines or something? And you do realize it’s legal tender, every bit as spendable at Wal-Mart as it is convertible at the bank, right?
i dont consider them to be any special and actually they are pretty easy to get. If you go to a post office and order stamps from the vending machine, it gives you change in golden dollar coins
@jcs: atleast here in NJ, they do. I am guessing it should be nationwide too. A while ago, i had to buy a pack of stamps with a $ 20 and I got back like 11 gold coins and spare change
They are phasing out the stamp vending machines (at least here in CA). Instead, you have to use the autopostofficethingy (help me out here, AC, what is the official name) and use a credit or debit card. They’ve already converted our PO.
In answer to the question, If they stayed gold, maybe, but the way they tarnish, they are ugly and heavy.
I have 50 dollars in golden sacajawea $1 coins, a newer gold $1 coin, and several silver dollar coins, and a few half dollar silver coins.
No idea (still no idea i should say since i’ve had them for like half my life and before) what to do with them, but keep them and hope they’ll be worth something one day.
I hate them! I can carry $20 of paper in my wallet with no problem. Ever tried to carry $20 of coin? Screw that! I trade them for good money as soon as I can. If I can’t, I throw them out the window, along with all my pennies. Stupid pennies….
Something that is very important to look at in this discussion is the intrinsic value of the coin and what it is actually made of (0.77 copper, 0.12 zinc, 0.07 manganese, and 0.04 nickel). Unfortunately, like all other coins, there is almost no chance of it being worth more than its face value. The melt value of the alloy can be worth anywhere from $.06 – $.10. But there are a small number of exceptions. For instance, A 2000-D Sacagawea Dollar coin in MS64 condition is worth: $2.00.