• the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      They don’t have to be. The old silver dollar coin was huge, but the sacagawea dollar coin is no bigger than a quarter

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        7 hours ago

        It would be a poor idea to introduce a coin that couldn’t be easily accommodated by coin-op machines. The Sacajawea was specifically designed to be the same size and magnetic signature was previous dollar coins so that coin-op machines that has taken “silver dollars” would also take Sacajaweas without updating.