Walt Disney World helps U.S. Mint

[Philo]

And the other thing.....to those wdwmagic members who are from Canada and Great Britain, what do you typically call the United States of America?

"The US", "The States", etc? While I was in Canada I typically heard "the states".

I'll usually say 'America' when I'm talking to people here in the UK but on these boards I think I tend to use 'The States'. Not sure why I use to different terms...

 

[wdwwdeagle]

Some of us (such as myself) used to always have $10 - $20 on us just to be able to swap for "good things" that would come into our tills.

I collected a variety of stuff during my time there. Loads of wheat pennies, a few buffalo nickles, silver certificates, Kennedy half dollars, silver dollars (that was a coup, some lady paid with about 10 of them one day), and of course a load of one dollar coins.

-dave

I do the same thing. I work at a church, and one of my jobs is to count the collection received each sunday. I do the same thing... keep a few dollars on hand to 'trade out' for interesting and rare coinage and paper money. I usually give them to my kids. You'd be amazed at what people will throw into a church collection plate!

 

[dandaman]

And the other thing.....to those wdwmagic members who are from Canada and Great Britain, what do you typically call the United States of America?

"The US", "The States", etc? While I was in Canada I typically heard "the states".

It's usually been "The States" informally for me, i.e. "Going to the States tomorrow to shop for shoes", but I'm not entirely sure if that's the case for most of Canada as I'm only a half-hour from Detroit and "Tronno" is about an hour with no traffic.

 

[MMFanCipher]

Well, here's an US citizen that likes the $1 dollar coins. I wish
they were used more.


MontyMon Quote:
>The States is what the majority call your country.
>
>I always get slightly put off when people call your country "America"... >America spans two continents.

It's OK that we use the term America, because our waist lines can
span two continents also!

 

[littlered]

We've had one- and two-dollar coins for some time now. Other than sometimes weighing the pants down a bit too much :lookaroun, they're not so bad.

Loonies and toonies.
We had fun in Niagra earlier this year with the penny press machines there. Most took American coins but every once in a while we would come across a machine that said to insert a loonie. We had no clue what that was until a very nice store clerk told us all about the new coins. Everyone in Niagra was so nice we had a blast.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Spam land,

And I dont like too many coins, the old sporran becomes too heavy, and a bit of a blunt weapon on the bool bag.

 

[epcot85]

Hmmn, Even more reason to use a credit card. I too cannot stand walking around with a pocket full of change.

Yep, heavy coins, a guest is more likely to spend them to get rid of the weight??

 

[Wilester]

Yeah, I really like having a coin for out £1 (and £2), although it makes me spend it quicker. Talking of British currency, I seem to be one of the few who like the new designs

 

[DocMcHulk]

I despise coinage.

 

[Expo_Seeker40]

How do you British wdwmagicears make a pound sterling symbol on your keyboard? Is it already on the keyboard (like the $ is in the US)?

 

[littlered]

Yeah, I really like having a coin for out £1 (and £2), although it makes me spend it quicker. Talking of British currency, I seem to be one of the few who like the new designs

those are beautiful, I really like the way they line up together like that.

 

[fireworkz]

Just curious - Does the US dollar coin have any features on it for the Blind? One argument Canada made (besides the cost savings) when it switched to the Loonie and Toonie are the features on the coin's edge so the blind can tell which coin they have in their hand. The Loonie actually has 11 slightly curved sides rather than being a perfect circle while the Toonie has alternating smooth and grooved sections on it's edge. Actually all of the Canadian coins have distinctive edging to them just for the blind.

 

[Expo_Seeker40]

The only way of telling it's a dollar coin is to rub your finger across the baby's face and you know you're holding a Sacajawea dollar coin and not a 25 cent quarter. :lookaroun

In all honestly, the new Presidential coins have "In God We Trust" written along the edges wheras our other coins do not.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Just curious - Does the US dollar coin have any features on it for the Blind? One argument Canada made (besides the cost savings) when it switched to the Loonie and Toonie are the features on the coin's edge so the blind can tell which coin they have in their hand. The Loonie actually has 11 slightly curved sides rather than being a perfect circle while the Toonie has alternating smooth and grooved sections on it's edge. Actually all of the Canadian coins have distinctive edging to them just for the blind.

The size of a dollar coin is about the same as that of a quarter. The quarter, for reasons relating to its former make of silver, has grooved edges. The dollar coins have smooth edges. US currency is mostly lacking in features intended for the blind.

 

[Monty]

How do you British wdwmagicears make a pound sterling symbol on your keyboard? Is it already on the keyboard (like the $ is in the US)?

I cut-and-paste from Word. :shrug:

£

But a British keyboard has it above the 3:

 

[CBOMB]

In keeping with the spirit of things, shouldn't Disney Dollars now come out in coin form?

 

[Roxas]

I vote for a $1 coin with an image of PUSH on it Not alive, and it conveys the right message

Disney Dollars should have Walts head on one side and a variety of 10 collectable designs on the other each showing a different Character.

They could sell the collection of all 10 for $25 :lol:

 

[unkadug]

I do the same thing. I work at a church, and one of my jobs is to count the collection received each sunday. I do the same thing... keep a few dollars on hand to 'trade out' for interesting and rare coinage and paper money. I usually give them to my kids. You'd be amazed at what people will throw into a church collection plate!

Wouldn't it be better for the churches coffers to take the collectibles to a coin collector instead of swapping them out eye for eye?

How do you British wdwmagicears make a pound sterling symbol on your keyboard? Is it already on the keyboard (like the $ is in the US)?

hold down the ALT key and type 0163 = £

 

[wdwwdeagle]

Wouldn't it be better for the churches coffers to take the collectibles to a coin collector instead of swapping them out eye for eye?

Ha! Yes, it probably would... if we ever got anything of "real" value to a coin collector... and if there actually were a coin collector in our small town. As soon as one moves into the area, I'll don my hazmat suit and inspect the nooks and crannies of my pre-teen DS's bedroom for all the weird coins he has in there.

Seriously, though, I never thought about it, as I've never been looking to make money on the trades. But, now that you've pointed this out, if I get anything that looks really interesting, I'll look it up on my trusty internet and see if the church can benefit by "trading up."

 

[trr1]

How about Pres. Reagan on a $3 coin?