At today’s gold prices, 800 US dollars is just one single small gold coin. A classic 1 oz Krugerrand coin is currently worth more than 2,000 US dollars.

This seem completely reasonable

I’d put money on it being one of those “Twice the Ice” vending machines, all of my dollar coins come from either that or the ticket thing at the train station.

My grandfather used to do this with nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollar pieces. When he passed I got the “random coins” that were literally all years prior to the change in materials.

No idea how much it’s all worth but it’s in the back of a closet somewhere.

I guess this didn’t occur to me because the guy also got the regular brass ones, which don’t have any value above face value to my knowledge. They didn’t contain actual gold at any point.

I would have thought people would have collected/sold the silver ones out of circulation by now.

In Portland Oregon (most strip clubs per capita in the country) it is traditional to use $2 bills instead of singles. It is extremely common to see two dollar bills in Oregon, I would bet a majority of two’s in circulation stay in the PNW.

Here in Cambodia we have a dual currency system: you can pay in dollars or riel and get your change in a mixture of currencies.

The $2 note is seen in businesses, especially money changing ones (from dollar to riel or vice versa), on display as a good luck sign.

Honestly, I’m indifferent about it. I’m not a nationalist. Call yourselves whatever you want.

Because it’s been used that way in English to refer to people living in a specific region (now the US) since the 17th century. Now non-native English speakers are trying to force a change and (rather hilariously) have started taking offense to it. Really must be a blessed life if that’s something worth bitching about.

The ship has sailed. The word already refers to the US

My friend, I am open to suggestions. “American” with like 100-ish countries in it doesn’t really narrow it down for me. Peace and love and all that stuff.