Why do we keep making $2 Bills, and $1 coins?

They are obscure - who the heck wants them?

I'm sorry you numismatists, but you'll have to collect something else.

we? i don't think we made those ever... my wallet contains 1 pound coins, five pound notes...

you are bored really ehh?

What about £2 coins?

we dont have 1 dollar notes or 2 dollar notes we have 1 dollar coins and 2 dollar coins smaller more compact but annoying

17.321 martian floops* to whoever can tell be where the word "dollar" came from without wikifsckingpedia

* or equivalent in SCO shares.

Mmmm, think it came from "Thaler" (where did that come from?).

P.S.
I'll settle for the martian floops. Thanks.

P.P.S.
I didn't look it up, just got a head stuffed with tons of useless, half forgotten, bits of knowledge about all sorts. Honest.

We're still making them? I collected a few $2 bills, and a couple $1 coins back when I was a kid. Still have them, in a special wallet, which I keep in my memory box. (Yeah, so I have a memory box. I'm sentimental. What about it?)

P.S. When I was in middle school, I found out some younger kids would buy $2 bills for $3-$5! My mother worked at a bank, so I had ready access to new bills. I made a little money on that scam! Hehe.

In Canadia we got rid of 1$/2$ bills a long time ago.

I find it nicer now, no more bills that like rip.

Also, slightly offtopic: Is it just me or are kids really stupid these days? I knew someone who threw out a penny, and at school people fling change around as though it's worthless. D;

I'd have to say there's a mix of stupid and dumb.

Many adults these day need to have the best of everything. They want to act like money is no object. They use credit ... credit ... credit. And they're in huge debt. Children of these people don't know any better. When they see their parents swipe some card frivolously, they assume the money came from nowhere.

The stupid ones are the ones who were taught, but want their friends to think they're rich. So they just get rid of their pocket change onto the ground.

I used to work at Burger King, and I did time at the cash register. People would come in waving huge wads of cash (street thug style), and drop the change I gave them on the counter. When I'd remind them about it they'd shrug it off, so I started pocketing the change myself. Wasn't much, but it added up over time.

Before credit cards (and now debit cards) were around, people used cash or checks. If they kept their checkbook balanced properly they knew exactly how much they could spend. Now with credit and debit people get into so much trouble. Once they've maxed out one card they start another. They don't take into consideration what future impact their immediate actions will have.

Not only that, but I question the actual value of the US Dollar. I highly doubt this country can actually back all its dubbed value in gold. This country is going further and further into debt, and just printing more and more banknotes. The US Dollar is slipping against the Euro, and right now the US Dollar to Euro is... http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/co...submit=Convert

Sorry if I sound so skeptical, but I don't see how the US economy has any REAL value. It all seems artificially inflated to me.

I have now got into the habit of always collecting my excess change all in 4 big size Wendy's soda cups. I now have quite an amount:

$124.75 in Quarters
$20.40 in Dimes
$08.70 in Nickels
$06.34 in Pennies

Though I refuse to use CoinStar to trade in for cash. I would much rather get coin rolls and roll them myself and go straight to the bank, rather than get charge 9/10 of a cent or however much they charge.

When I was in Hong Kong, I came across $5 and $10 coins, and some of the coins still had the portrait of Queen Elizabeth as well, even after the handover to Mainland China, however the bank notes did change, so I did not come across any of those with the Queen's portrait.

You have to remember Nixon was the one who took us off the gold standard. So there is no REAL value to money.

The portrait of Queen Elizabeth? Tudor queen of England, 17 November 1558 – 24 March 1603? Maybe you mean Queen Elizabeth II?

I'm still waiting for my Martian floops, Chris. Are they in the post?

well you didn't say what (or who...) a thaler was...

It was a German silver coin. Now, can I have my Martian floops, please?