New US $1 Coins - Now With Wives!

In the UK the pound coin has phased out the pound note, a long time ago. Whenever I've been visiting the US, it always seems vaguely strange to me to be using paper money for an amount as small as one dollar. I find it far more interesting that there are attempts currently in progress to popularise the idea of the dollar coin than these designs featuring the wives of the presidents.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by OctoberOmicron

And because I'm American this country I'm in, Guatemala, frustrates me even more for a related reason. Smallest bill here, a 5Q note, is roughly 65 cents. The largest is worth between thirteen and fourteen dollars. Which is ridiculous because people always seem to pay with these and making change gets to be a bitch.

That small of a size for the largest denomination seems quite ridiculous, but is fourteen bucks worth more in the context of the Guatemalan economy than I might expect?

As for carrying around paper money worth 65 cents, that would probably make me crazy. I find it easier to handle coinage, for small amounts. For one thing, vending machines and public phones like it better than bills.

There's nowhere I can't reach.