{"id":4456,"date":"2011-02-23T21:29:04","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T05:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=4456"},"modified":"2011-02-23T21:30:02","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T05:30:02","slug":"party-like-it%e2%80%99s-1611-are-those-dollar-coins-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-happy-to-see-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/party-like-it%e2%80%99s-1611-are-those-dollar-coins-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-happy-to-see-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Party like it\u2019s 1611! Are those dollar coins in your pocket or are you happy to see me?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ah Dollar coins.\u00a0 We still have then you know.\u00a0 For those that ride the subway and pay cash or visit the post office vending machines, has most likely received gold dollar coins as change..\u00a0 So what do you do with it?\u00a0 If you have kids most like give it them, else try to spend those guys as fast as you can because you know when you get home, you will put them in a stack or in a jar and most likely never use them again till your short of cash or just want to piss off your buddy when paying off a bet.\u00a0 However, what if you REALLY embraced dollar coins?\u00a0 Its not too crazy. When I lived in England I really gave pound coins the old collage try.\u00a0 Even sporting a hip (at least at 1600’s standards) coin sack tied to my belt loop. I was an indie\/punk musician at the time so someone trying to nick my bag was not a concern. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 However, the bloody awful click click did get to me and I fell into the old habit of keeping a collection in a wicket bowl.\u00a0 But someone has decided its time for a come back, so with pride I reprint sworddance.com\/blog<\/a><\/p>\n

Party like it\u2019s 1611 aka living credit card and (dollar) bill-free<\/h1>\n

Late last year I found out from a friend that the U.S. Mint is making a strong effort to get the $1 Coin into circulation. For no shipping and handling fees, the U.S. Mint will send to consumers $1 Coins through the $1 Coin Direct program<\/a>.\"us<\/a><\/p>\n

So I ordered, A few days later\u2026
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\nFor over a month now I have been paying for everything with coin! No bills, no credit cards. The only exceptions have been my transit card and online transactions, including the coin purchase. $100 dinner, all in coin! $180 drug prescription \u2013 all in coin! Babysitting? coin!<\/p>\n

Instead of carrying a wallet I now carry a money bag! People have asked about the weight. A $1 coin weighs about 8g so a $1000 weighs about 17.6 pounds. $50 dollars weighs about a pound. This must be horrible! Actually, no:<\/p>\n

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  1. I carry my laptop with me anyhow so an extra pound is not horrible.<\/li>\n
  2. It is easy to control spending, carrying the extra weight means I just take exactly what I am willing to spend and no more. Really easy to stay in budget when all you have is coin!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The reactions have been all over the place:<\/p>\n