McDonalds Finds

I met an old teacher of mine at the bank today. She said that some guy was in McDonald's with lots of coins that the cashier wouldn't accept, who wanted a block of cheese. My teacher gave him a few bucks for all the coins. When she got home, she saw the coins were all old. One coin was an 1866 Seated dime. I told her that the coin would be worth at least silver value, which is $2.50 a dime. I told her that it may be a key date, and not to sell it until I get a look at it. I checked online, and an 1866-P dime is worth $420 in G4, and an 1866-S is worth only $30. I'm hoping that the coin has no mintmark, I can have it graded by PCGS for her and give her an accurate estimate of value. I think this is a great find.

 

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Wonder where the guy stole them from...

 

i'm so confused. some one wanted to use SEATED DIMES to BUY a BLOCK of CHEESE at MCDONALD'S ?

 

That's what i thought...

 

Nearly 40 years ago, a small boy came into my father's bakery and bought 12 cupcakes for 96 cents and paid with an 1878 Morgan dollar. I have owned the coin ever since.

Yes, it happens.

 

A little weird but funny too. The only thing I can think of is the person did not know anything about the coins and decided to use them?
I'm also wondering why McDonalds won't accept the money. Provided it was neatly wrapped they should have.

 

woah...

 

This isnt adding up to me..Not saying it;s not true just wondering why someone at Mcdonald's would not accept change to pay for whatever item he wanted. Money is money and as long as it is U.S money then McDonalds doesn't/shouldn't have the right to refuse how the person's pay.btw good for your teacher.

 

I had a fast food cashier refuse to accept a JFK half from me, claiming it wasn't real.
So I could see them getting confused if you show them a seated dime.

 

I received a 1964-D dime in change from there this summer

 

I use the half dollars to spend when I go on vacation. These are the ones that I do not keep for my collections.

 

She said that some guy was in McDonald's with lots of coins that the cashier wouldn't accept, who wanted a block of cheese.

Who wanted the cheese, the cashier or the guy? I'm confused.

I didn't know McDonalds even sold blocks of cheese. What kind, anyway? I mean, can you buy a chunk of lindberger?
Lance.

 

Me and a coworker at mcdonalds when we were In highschool we found 400 silver dimes one month.. And my store manager received 2 trade dollars in drive thru. Half of my collection came from mcdonalds cash drawers. It does happen.

 

As much as I would hate to do this because I don't need the extra money...maybe I should get a part time job this holiday season at Micky-D's.

 

A few weeks ago I tried to pay at Wendy's with an old style 20 and the cashier wouldn't accept it until I asked for the manager and she finally told the cashier it was real.

 

Cheese from McDonalds........

Cashier: Welcome to McDonalds. What would you like today?
Customer: I would like to buy 10 pounds of cheese
Cashier: I'm sorry, but we don't have cheese on our menu. Do you want our entire supply of sliced cheese?
Customer: Ok. How many pounds of cheese is that?
Cashier: (calls to employee in back) How much cheese do we have?
Other Employee: 6 and a half pounds
Cashier: So we have 6 1/2 pounds of cheese..... that will be 62.99
Customer: $62.99!!!!! I don't have enough cash on hand, but I have a suitcase of coins I need to get rid of from my father's collection
(runs out to the car and gets suitcase)
Customer: So, I have an PCGS MS64 1909-S penny, and an MS69 silver eagle from NGC. I have a few other coins I would like to use
Cashier: With these coins, they add up to $1.01. You need $61.98 more to pay for the cheese
Customer: I gave you those other coins!
Cashier: They aren't real coins!
Customer: Yes they are. Those are dimes and two cent coins from the 1860s and '70s
Customer: The silver coin alone is worth $50, and the encapsulated penny is worth $30! That is a good trade. The dimes are worth something too!
Cashier: This is McDonalds. We don't accept trades for rare coins
Customer behind 1st Customer: HURRY UP!
Customer: Take the coins and I'll take the cheese
Cashier: Ok, but you are not receiving the cheese. You have paid me $1.01
Customer: Keep the coins........

(The man walks out, frustrated)

 

Most of these exceptional coins being spent are stolen. Many are stolen by "friends" or relatives.

 

My guess is that the cashier had no clue what it was and thought it was either fake or foreign so they wouldn't accept it. And if its just a dime I wouldn't push the issue too much, especially if this is a case of a stolen coin (which if its a P I wouldn't consider likely).

 

last week I got some greek coin from Chick-fil-a, so clearly some places do take foreign coins.

 

Is McDonald's some market in some small town or something? Obviously this can't be the fast food restaurant. They're trained to call the manager in the case of counterfeit money (which would be the only argument for refusing coins that say United States of America on them).

That... and, as so many have pointed out, McDonald's doesn't sell blocks of cheese.