# BBC article: Why the US keeps minting coins people hate and won't use **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbc-article-why-the-us-keeps-minting-coins-people-hate-and-wont-use/158925 **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [August 10, 2010, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbc-article-why-the-us-keeps-minting-coins-people-hate-and-wont-use/158925 "2010-08-10T07:30:19Z") **Posts on this page:** 9 **Page:** 3
### Author: ![misteroman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misteroman/32/7423_2.png) [@misteroman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/misteroman) #### Post date: [August 15, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbc-article-why-the-us-keeps-minting-coins-people-hate-and-wont-use/158925/41 "2010-08-15T18:32:11Z")
> [@OfficerK](#): > > because melting down currency is against federal law But having machines that sort the pre-82’s and hoarding millions of them until the melt ban is lifted in the next yr or so is perfectly legal:snky::snky::snky::snky: ---
### Author: ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE) #### Post date: [August 15, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbc-article-why-the-us-keeps-minting-coins-people-hate-and-wont-use/158925/42 "2010-08-15T18:42:45Z")
> [@misteroman$$$](#): > > But having machines that sort the pre-82’s and hoarding millions of them until the melt ban is lifted in the next yr or so is perfectly legal:snky::snky::snky::snky: Subbed for details. 😉 ---
### Author: ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack) #### Post date: [August 15, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbc-article-why-the-us-keeps-minting-coins-people-hate-and-wont-use/158925/43 "2010-08-15T21:03:50Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Exactly. I keep my phone there and coins scratch phones. Yeah, I hate having 1 pocket for everything… separating items by density/value between 2 equally sized and equally convenient pockets is probably about 10 years out. DO your condoms wear an o-ring into your i-phone too? Just busting your balls. But that wasn’t a very good argument for continuing the printing of $1 bills. ---
### Author: ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn) #### Post date: [August 15, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbc-article-why-the-us-keeps-minting-coins-people-hate-and-wont-use/158925/44 "2010-08-15T21:21:37Z")
phone in right pocket, keys, wallet, change in the left pocket. ---
### Author: ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR) #### Post date: [August 15, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbc-article-why-the-us-keeps-minting-coins-people-hate-and-wont-use/158925/45 "2010-08-15T22:03:13Z")
I love my Honda civic, every time someone gets in all the changes comes out of their pockets, I could be rich. ---
### Author: ![d1kingz1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/d1kingz1/32/5607_2.png) [@d1kingz1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d1kingz1) #### Post date: [August 15, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbc-article-why-the-us-keeps-minting-coins-people-hate-and-wont-use/158925/46 "2010-08-15T23:41:10Z")
same with my car. Whenever i vacuum it i have all this change under my drivers side seat from my own pocket -\_- ---
### Author: ![Wahoo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wahoo/32/8265_2.png) [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo) #### Post date: [August 16, 2010, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbc-article-why-the-us-keeps-minting-coins-people-hate-and-wont-use/158925/47 "2010-08-16T11:39:55Z")
If they expect people to use 1 dollar coins, they should also have 5 dollar coins and 10,20,50,100…(maybe not all at first), but then you can have less coin but alot of money still, or just have currency electronicly tagged to each individual… we probly don’t have technology for that just yet…well to do it securely. ---
### Author: ![misteroman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misteroman/32/7423_2.png) [@misteroman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/misteroman) #### Post date: [August 16, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbc-article-why-the-us-keeps-minting-coins-people-hate-and-wont-use/158925/48 "2010-08-16T18:04:17Z")
Too easy to counterfeit the higher dollar ones ---
### Author: ![AFRACING](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@AFRACING](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFRACING) #### Post date: [August 18, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbc-article-why-the-us-keeps-minting-coins-people-hate-and-wont-use/158925/49 "2010-08-18T06:14:46Z")
but i don’t wanna carry around a satchel of coins ![http://www.svwsticker.com/files/svwsticker/users/307/Istock_-_Coin_Bag.jpg](http://www.svwsticker.com/files/svwsticker/users/307/Istock_-_Coin_Bag.jpg) [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbc-article-why-the-us-keeps-minting-coins-people-hate-and-wont-use/158925.md?page=2)