Caused a ruckus at Taco Bell

I stopped at a bank yesterday and they had 8 common Ikes, which I bought. So, a few minutes later I went to Taco Bell for a bit to each. I paid for my meal with 3 Ikes and 4 (non-silver) Kennedy Halves. It was like a bomb went off. As I was waiting for my food, all of the workers came up to see the weird money. As they were gathered around it, a customer saw it and offered to buy the Ikes because they were from his birth year (1974).

Perhaps I created an interest in one of the workers that will be a catalyst to finding out more about coins and/or starting a collection. If not, I sure had fun watching the ruckus I caused. LOL.

 

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That's funny. At first I thought you were going to tell us you tried to clean some cents with the Taco Bell sauce and maybe had some purists start chunking burritos at you.

 

LOL that is awesome. I shop with Presidential Dollars all the time and it is sooo much fun to see the wierd look on the cashier's face when you plunk down some irregular coinage! Great fun!

 

You're nothing but a coin collecting troublemaker.

 

I thought the story was going to turn darker. I remember a story of a man at the mall trying to pay for a $5 meal with 3 $2 bills. The kid got his manager, the manager told the customer, "you had better leave". When the customer asked why, the manager said "You know what you are trying to do, don't make me call security". The customer said, "Go ahead, I would love to hear this". Security came over, asked the manager what it was about, and the manager said that the customer was trying to pay with TWO DOLLAR bills. The security guard, a collector, said, "Cool, let me see if there are any good dates!"

It really is sad how little the public knows about our money system. Good to see the OP is trying to change that.

 

wasn't there a guy arrested not too long ago for paying a debt he owed Best Buy with $2 bills?

 

That isn't anywhere near as bad as the man who was arrested by Baltimore Police when they responded to a call from a Mickey D's manager who claimed he was trying to pass counterfeit money. When federal agents were shown the counterfeit money, they asked what was wrong with the $2 bills. Naturally, the man sued everyone except Francis Scott Key, and the suit was settled out of court with a nondisclosure agreement.

Chris

 

I've tried to use presidential dollars and many times they wouldn't accept them. They thought it was fake (then again fiat money is fake money). I've given up trying to use them, and I really don't want to create more problems for myself by worrying about if businesses will accept them.

 

i some times do this at jack in the box , most of the time they just give me back the wrong change and i have to correct them.

 

This past summer when I was on vacation I had dinner at the State Game Lodge in Custer State Park (Black Hills) and I gave the waiter a couple of Ikes and JFK's as a tip and he loved it. Said he was going to give them to his mother who collected them. Ironically Ike stayed at the State Game Lodge back in the 50's for his vacation.

 

Now that they know you and your funny money, go back with play money and get a meal for free. They won't question you this time.

 

Now THAT is funny....

 

I love hearing these kind of stories. This isn't funny like the others, but I used a roll of quarters at a local store for a $7 purchase and the lady said I was $2 short. She thought the rolls contained 5 bucks worth of quarters. I told her 40 quarters per roll and that really screwed her up. Some people just can't think for themselves they have to have buttons to push...

 

I feel like raising a ruckus myself! Great way to have some fun and you never know what it takes to create that new coin collector! WTG!!

 

Nice! Messin people up during the day is great! Maybe it will get another collector started! After all, that's our main goal isn't it?
ANA FOREVER!

 

What great stories Thanks for sharing!

 

this reminds me of getting back two golden quarters(electroplated or something i'm thinking) in my change at taco bell lol

 

it is pretty fun, gotta hit the young ones though. not that im old, 29. but luckly i have grand parents that had this stuff to show me.

 

It's fun isn't it! A couple of years ago I was at my fav bank and the head teller told me she had a ton of $2 bills....I told her I'd take them all. Over the next couple of months I was spending them everywhere with the intent of seeing the reactions. I really have too many stories to write here, but let me tell you, it was fun as hell spending those! It's especially funny using them at fast food joints with kids working. Without fail, they would have to run to the manager and ask what to do. LOLOLOLOL

Even the golden dollars crack me up. It's just amazing how many people have never seen them even with the Mint spitting out billions of them. I really enjoy spending them just to "stir the pot" with the ignorant. It's also surprizing how many people ask to exchange them with me for a bill! They really think they are getting something. LOL

 

It's a joy to earn that others are having fun spending their Ikes, SBAs and the Golden Ones at their local death traps. Every once in a while, I get a hankering for a Mc BloodSludge breakfast. I always pay with dollar coinage and am totally amused by the reaction of the snot ring, lip and tongue studded, ear chained teenagers. They look at the coins, then at me, then at the coins again and then with a bewildered expression, refuse to hand me my order. When the on-duty manager approves the coins for payment, they finally hand me my grease soaked bag and give me that look that tells me they hope I have a heart attack before finishing my cooked-in-gear-oil breakfast.