[zeugma]

ply receive dollar coins anywhere you had been receiving singles. To their credit, Canada very quickly modified their vending machines, video games and such when they replaced the $1 and $2 bills with coins; I think it went smoothly.

Almost all vending machines accept the dollar coins. I use them all the time because they are a heck of a lot easier to deal with than dollar bills.

[kearnyirish2]

“Almost all vending machines accept the dollar coins.”

I assume you are talking about the US coins; you are right. They’ve come a long way since the release of the Susan B. Anthony dollars (1979?); very few machines accepted them; I remember one game at our arcade did (because it was new - no retro-fitting required). Now in the post office or train stations those $1 US coins are given as change.