The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 39, September 26, 2004, Article 25

MORE ON UNWANTED COINS

  David Gladfelter writes: "Undoubtedly the Canadian "Loonie"
  finds acceptance because it does not have to compete with the
  paper dollar as does our "Cagi." The only argument for
  retaining our paper dollar is inertia ... same reason the Canadians
  have gone metric and we haven't.

  When riding our local rapid transit I like to change $10 or $15
  into dollar coins and then pass them out, one at a time, sort of
  like a numismatic Johnny Appleseed.  In Prague recently I traded
  a Sacagawea dollar for the lovely Czech 10 and 20 korun
  millennium commemorative coins. Made my day.

  The Kennedy half dollar admittedly has <101 uses but here in
  timely fashion is one of them. For Halloween treats we get a
  few rolls of half dollars and put fright stickers on them. Some
  of the kids have never seen this coin before. Others say "Wow,
  I got an alien ... I got a Frankenstein ..." etc.   No unwanted
  candy or fruit to police up off the ground, and no hidden razor
  blades or needles for their parents to worry about. Try it in
  your neighborhood."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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