Which US Coin was withdrawn?

[finisterre]

Because the public hated it, and refused to use it?

Thanks.

[vehelpfulguy]

A dollar coin I think

[jno]

dollars come and go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dol lar_coin

[Clanad]

jno's post references the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin,but doesn't explain that it was very similar in size to our Quarter which is used extensively. It was carried in pockets, for example, and placed in vending machines by the patron, thinking it was a quarter. Jammed the machines and cheated the patron at one fell swoop, or swell foop as the case may be...

[jno]

yes, I sometimes wonder about American currency... for instance, the fact that all the notes are the same size and colour. I guess you get accustomed to looking carefully at any money before handing it over; but on the whole, I think other countries' money makes life easier for users. Making a dollar the same as a quarter suggests a slight lack of joined-up thinking somewhere in the Mint.

[JonnoGenie]

Well there have been two $ coins that I am aware of in recent times. The Susan B. Anthony, which as mentioned looks more or less exactly like a quarter, and so you get rid of them as soon as you can (while you still remember you have one/some). They are so hated, that you feel a bit bad inflicting them on a shopkeeper.
http://www.usmint.gov/faqs/index.cfm?action=FA QSearchResult

The other is the Sacagawea introduced in 2000
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/golden_dol lar_coin/index.cfm?action=sacDesign
I like this coin, you know if you have a few of them in your pocket, they are chunky. When they were introduced I remember one of the mega chainstores (Walmart, Costco? something like that) was giving out all singles in Sacagawea's. I think it was part of a campaign to get them accepted by the public.

For some reason Sacagawea's just do not seem to have taken off. If you need to put $5 into the parking meter at your local train station, you're still going to need to rustle up 20 quarters. Most vending machines were never converted to take dollar coins.

Both the Susan B Anthony and Sacagawea are in circulation, but the only time I get them is in change from train ticket machines.

My conclusion is that the Americans are VERY conservative about the form of their currency. But to answer your question, although you still see them occasionally, I suspect the answer is the Susan B Anthony.

p.s. Now if you had have asked about US$ bills, I've have said the $2 bill... I still remember those from the 70's...

[jno]

I've got a $3 bill somewhere, JonnoGenie... not American of course; the Cook Islands, I think. Must come in useful in Rarotonga for something.

[Memore]

I have a triangle coin from Rarotonga i have only seen that shape there