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Bank Machines are what we call ATM's in Canada, but the term is slowly going out of usage. So, no coins.
I'm assuming the main branch in a city or town may still have tellers...but for how long, I'm not sure.
Cash is really going by the wayside. I haven't used it myself since before the pandemic.
I've seen US two dollar bills, but was surprised that many Americans don't even know they exist, even though they aren't common. Still being made though.
I never saw one growing up. They were no longer in wide use, although they existed until 1966. They were reinstated in 1976 and kind of popular for a minute because of the novelty. I was working as a cashier at the time.
But I have a story about $2 bills. My grandmother was 20 and the oldest of 7 kids when her mother, pregnant with No. 8, handed her two $2 bills and told her to go to the store. She went to get her purse, and her sister came running yelling that their mother fell. My great-grandmother died of a stroke, 8 months pregnant. It was 1927. My grandmother told me she kept those two $2 bills because it was the last thing her mother ever gave her. The next year she married and had my mother.
Nana died in 2001 at 94 after living for a time with my parents. Mom died in 2020 at 91.
When we cleaned out Mom's house, we realized there were a lot of things that belonged to my grandmother. Way up on the top shelf in a closet, my sister and I found a small velour purse with a heron-shaped clasp. Inside were two 1923 $2 bills.
And in an odd note that fits this forum, there was also a $1 Canadian bill. As far as I know, my grandmother was never in Canada. We have no idea why she had that Canadian dollar or kept it with the money her mother gave her.
I've seen US two dollar bills, but was surprised that many Americans don't even know they exist, even though they aren't common. Still being made though.
US minted a buncch of commemorative two's maybe in '76, but people refused to use them. Red Cabadian Two's were seen every day in the 60s.
US minted a buncch of commemorative two's maybe in '76, but people refused to use them. Red Cabadian Two's were seen every day in the 60s.
We also had a dollar coin, which came to be used only in vending machines for a while. I would get them as change for buying transit tickets for a time, and you could use them in the machine to buy more.
We also had a dollar coin, which came to be used only in vending machines for a while. I would get them as change for buying transit tickets for a time, and you could use them in the machine to buy more.
I remember getting Sacagaweas in Chicago, from the change-making machines on the CTA. Wish I had kept them--but they went for my El fare.
I do have a Kennedy half-dollar. From Las Vegas. They were paying 3:2 on a blackjack, and I had laid $15 on the table, got a blackjack, and so I got $22.50 back, plus my original stake ($37.50 in total). That $US0.50 that I collected was in the form of a Kennedy half-dollar. I have no plans to spend it, or trade it in. It just sits on my mantlepiece as a souvenir.
I remember getting Sacagaweas in Chicago, from the change-making machines on the CTA. Wish I had kept them--but they went for my El fare.
I do have a Kennedy half-dollar. From Las Vegas. They were paying 3:2 on a blackjack, and I had laid $15 on the table, got a blackjack, and so I got $22.50 back, plus my original stake ($37.50 in total). That $US0.50 that I collected was in the form of a Kennedy half-dollar. I have no plans to spend it, or trade it in. It just sits on my mantlepiece as a souvenir.
That had to have been years ago. I heard that most casinos no longer dispense half dollars and many even have gone cash free. Though JFK half dollars are rarely given back in change these days (it happened to me only once) and are harder to obtain at banks just like Canadian 50 cent pieces, it is not at all impossible. Heck, I just got another roll last week from a bank. We had a coin shortage during the pandemic and apparently the bank ran out of quarters. When they tried ordering from the US Mint, the Mint told them they were running low on quarters and sent them a box of half dollars instead. Any JFK half dollar 1971 and after are ordinary nickel and are worth no more than market value. Ones minted before 1971 have silver in them so are worth more. Same with Benjamin Frankin half dollars.
Gold Sacagaweas and Presidentials as well as silver Susan B Anthony dollar coins are much more common than half dollars though less circulated than $1 bills. Many banks will have them and yes transit fare vending machines are another good source. Now the incredibly large Eisenhower dollar coin is another story. They were minted only between 1971-1978 and like Canada's Voyageur and Constitutional dollar coins, banks can no longer directly order from the Mint. The only way banks can have them is if another customer turned them in.
I remember getting Sacagaweas in Chicago, from the change-making machines on the CTA. Wish I had kept them--but they went for my El fare.
I do have a Kennedy half-dollar. From Las Vegas. They were paying 3:2 on a blackjack, and I had laid $15 on the table, got a blackjack, and so I got $22.50 back, plus my original stake ($37.50 in total). That $US0.50 that I collected was in the form of a Kennedy half-dollar. I have no plans to spend it, or trade it in. It just sits on my mantlepiece as a souvenir.
I forgot about the Sacagaweas. Before that, we had a Susan B. Anthony dollar (American woman who fought for women's rights in the 19th century).
That had to have been years ago. I heard that most casinos no longer dispense half dollars and many even have gone cash free. Though JFK half dollars are rarely given back in change these days (it happened to me only once) and are harder to obtain at banks just like Canadian 50 cent pieces, it is not at all impossible. Heck, I just got another roll last week from a bank. We had a coin shortage during the pandemic and apparently the bank ran out of quarters. When they tried ordering from the US Mint, the Mint told them they were running low on quarters and sent them a box of half dollars instead. Any JFK half dollar 1971 and after are ordinary nickel and are worth no more than market value. Ones minted before 1971 have silver in them so are worth more. Same with Benjamin Frankin half dollars.
Gold Sacagaweas and Presidentials as well as silver Susan B Anthony dollar coins are much more common than half dollars though less circulated than $1 bills. Many banks will have them and yes transit fare vending machines are another good source. Now the incredibly large Eisenhower dollar coin is another story. They were minted only between 1971-1978 and like Canada's Voyageur and Constitutional dollar coins, banks can no longer directly order from the Mint. The only way banks can have them is if another customer turned them in.
You're the coin expert. My husband used to save/collect coins that caught his eye. He just put them in jars. One day when I have time to go through them, I'll have to ask you if I come across anything interesting.
One coin I do have is a 25 schilling gold 1930 Austrian coin, which he had set in a gold frame and is now a necklace. I don't know if that's worth anything or how much gold is in those coins.
ETA: the banks in my general area all have tellers. But my main bank is a credit union - with tellers.
You're the coin expert. My husband used to save/collect coins that caught his eye. He just put them in jars. One day when I have time to go through them, I'll have to ask you if I come across anything interesting.
One coin I do have is a 25 schilling gold 1930 Austrian coin, which he had set in a gold frame and is now a necklace. I don't know if that's worth anything or how much gold is in those coins.
ETA: the banks in my general area all have tellers. But my main bank is a credit union - with tellers.
No, not really. You flatter me there . I am primarily interested in circulated currency. The interest actually started back in 2015 when I visited Hamilton, ON and obtained my first roll of then recently discontinued Canadian pennies. Since then, I've been trying my luck every so often to obtain funny money at banks both here in the US and every time I visit Canada. The only collector set I have ever ordered was during Canada's 150th anniversary in 2017. I will be ordering US collector coins if any for the US 250th anniversary in 2026.
[quote=netwit;64893826]You're the coin expert. My husband used to save/collect coins that caught his eye. He just put them in jars. One day when I have time to go through them, I'll have to ask you if I come across anything interesting.
One coin I do have is a 25 schilling gold 1930 Austrian coin, which he had set in a gold frame and is now a necklace. I don't know if that's worth anything or how much gold is in those coins.
ETA: the banks in my general area all have tellers. But my main bank is a credit union - with tellers.[/QUOTE]
That's good to hear. I wonder if it's more of city thing to just have machines.
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