Three coins no one ever uses.
Shoulda been the 20.
Biden restarted the process to get her on the 20.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/us/politics/tubman-20-dollar-bill.html
Unfortunately the process was stopped for a long time by Trump. And that delay pushed the date back even farther.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/business/harriet-tubman-20-dollar-bill.html
And goes without saying he could stop the process again if he somehow ends up back in office (or another republican).
When I was a kid, I treasured my JFK half-dollars. I was too scared to spend them on anything. :V
Is that what they're doing instead of the $20 bill?
I'm pretty sure Trump scrapped that idea
I'm sure he did, but Biden's had 4 years to get it back on track.
And just like putting Cuba on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list, he won't do a damn thing about it.
But if he does that, he'll lose the votes of Cubans in Florida that have sworn off the Democrats since Kennedy! They'll come back to the party any day now!
A five dollar coin is going to get a few Walmart customers arrested for trying to pass fake currency.
Highly unlikely. Those coins are over $700 to purchase from the mint. They are real gold. The face value is $5 but it's literally worth its weight in gold.
Then again I'm sure someone will spend it at face value at some point, and you're probably right it will likely be at a Walmart. 🙄
Keep in mind that these coins are for collectors only and not meant to be put into circulation, but even though that's the case they are still legal currency and technically can be used. It's just like the presidential dollar coins. They stopped releasing them into the public because they weren't popular so they just only released them for collectors.
While they are legal tender they're not circulating tender. That means only the Mint and Courts are obligated to accept them at face value. Anybody else has the option of accepting the coin as payment at whatever value both parties agree on, or not accepting it at all.
Not really though, the "$5" gold coin is $708.
You could re-sell it for the gold or collector value, but you can't spend it like money.
You 100% can use it as legal tender. It would be dumb but you can do it.
What do you mean "not really though"? It's either legal tender, or it isn't, and based on numerous comments here, it would seem as though it is legal tender. You would probably be a fool if you used it at face value, since it's going to always be worth more than that, but nothing is stopping you from doing so if you desire.
Neat, now quit printing dollar bills so folks will actually use them instead of just collecting them.
They are meant for collecting
These aren't the coins that could replace dollar bills, but I would love to see $1 and $5 bills replaced with coins, along with a phase-out of pennies and nickels. Coins are supposed to be money, not trash.
TIL there are also racist coins:
'dem white crackers are crazy
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