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TIL that in year 2000, 41 million dollars was spent to promote the new Sacagawea (Indian) golden dollar. Television ads consisted of the head of George Washington superimposed upon a body, voiced by actor Michael Keaton, discussing the merits of the new dollar coin. The coin ended up being a failure

submitted by oppressed to TIL 2 yearsApr 4, 2023 23:35:52 ago (+7/-0)     (en.wikipedia.org)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea_dollar#Production_and_release



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[ - ] observation1 1 point 2 yearsApr 5, 2023 01:51:56 ago (+1/-0)

I remember those

I always wondered why though.

Also don't understand why they spent so much money switching the country to digital tv.

[ - ] Dirtydyno 0 points 2 yearsApr 5, 2023 12:17:53 ago (+0/-0)

Sacsgawea had gonorrhea... look it up

[ - ] AngryWhiteKeyboardWarrior 0 points 2 yearsApr 5, 2023 10:19:48 ago (+0/-0)

I was working as a cashier at the time. More people were asking me if I had any to give them as change, than were using them to buy anything. A lot of those coins are probably sitting in a jar or drawer in peoples' houses because they picked them up as a novelty at release.

Nobody wants to carry around a bunch of heavy coins that you'd have to spend multiples of to buy something with.

[ - ] YamaMaya 0 points 2 yearsApr 5, 2023 18:33:15 ago (+0/-0)

Tell that to Britain. They convinced em to get rid of notes for £1 and switch to a coin. Seems like that was the intent of this dollar coin, but no dollar coin has managed to do well. People in the US prefer notes

[ - ] HelenHighwater 0 points 2 yearsApr 5, 2023 08:38:29 ago (+0/-0)

A dollar coin that is roughly the size of a $.25 piece. Same issue with the Susan B. Anthony coin. Stupid.