In message , at
22:57:41 on Tue, 27 Dec 2011, Neil Williams
remarked:
SEPTA, unlike NYC, accepts dollar bills on its buses. I don't know
why NYC's fareboxes aren't set up to handle that.

The US could really, really do with $1, $2 and $5 coins for this sort
of purpose. I genuinely do not understand why people are so resistant.

I haven't been there for a while, but the casinos in Las Vegas had
"private" $1 tokens (about the size of an old half-crown) to use in the
machines (and elsewhere). They were stamped with individual casino
names, but were accepted everywhere. Perhaps they had a private clearing
house too?
--
Roland Perry