On Dec 27, 6:12*pm, Robert Neville wrote:

Paper notes are still far more convenient to carry than coins and the US has far
more vending machines and cash register drawers than most other countries.. While
many will accept dollar coins, the ones that do tend to be government owned (ie
Post Office) or located in casinos. The far more ubiqutous soda and candy
vending machines tend to take nickels, dime and quarters, and if you are really
lucky, the have a working receiver for $1 bills. Replacing all those won't be
cheap and the cost would fall on the machine owner while the benefit went to the
government.

Originally the vending machine industry wanted dollar coins. But they
were able to come up with a dollar bill reader, and almost all vending
machines have one now, and now they almost always work fine.

One machine that could've been modified to take dollar coins is the
pay phone. But pay phones are rapdily disappearing, and many don't
even take coins for long distance calls, only local calls. (Many in
NYC do take coins for long distance, about 25c/ minute, $1 minimum).