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Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by crispy1995, Dec 30, 2005.

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Have you spent:

  1. Sacagawea?

    10 vote(s)
    41.7%
  2. Susan B. Anthony (SBA)?

    2 vote(s)
    8.3%
  3. Eisenhower dollar?

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. $2 bill?

    2 vote(s)
    8.3%
  5. Wheat penny?

    1 vote(s)
    4.2%
  6. Kennedy half?

    3 vote(s)
    12.5%
  7. Franklin half?

    1 vote(s)
    4.2%
  8. Westward journey nickel?

    3 vote(s)
    12.5%
  9. Old-style dollar bills?

    2 vote(s)
    8.3%
  1. silver surfer

    silver surfer Senior Member

    lot of $2s,it really throws people off,cashiers often give the wrong change back.
     
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  3. Speedy

    Speedy Researching Coins Supporter

    Sometimes I get a kick out of spending $1 bills....
    I went to a Pizza place and my total was $5.12....I laid down $6 all in $1 bills all spread out so the girl could count them as I put them down...she looked at them and then back at me and said...."That is $6 dollars right??...I really can't count"....
    I wanted to ask what she was doing working the register....but I was nice and said....yes ma'am.... :D ;)

    Speedy
     
  4. tonylynch

    tonylynch RMO Collector

    Spent all of them at one time or another...
     
  5. crispy1995

    crispy1995 Spending Toms like crazy**

    Uhhh...

    Some funny stories like Taco Hell can be found here:
    http://www.snopes.com/business/info/tacobell.asp
     
  6. Troodon

    Troodon Coin Collector

    Yes on almost all of these (really should post a poll where you can select more than one option, lol)

    I always check my change from stamp machines (and light rail ticket machines) for any Sacagaweas and SBAs that are of decent quality... I do save at least one of each year and mintmark, but the rest I spend.

    Wouldn't spend Eisenhowers anymore, on the off chance I get one in circulation... but I have spent them, back when it wasn't all that unusual to see them in circulation. Twenty years ago when I lived in Newtown, PA, many stores in the area would have them in the drawer. I'd buy a few, search through them for years I need (or any better condition than what I had) and spend the rest elsewhere.

    Have spent $2 bills before, if they aren't in great condition or particularly old. Can't remember the last time I've see one in circulation, been a few years at least.

    I check wheat pennies if I see them, for any years I still need, but spend them otherwise.

    Spend Kennedy halves all the time... the byproducts of my roll searching I try to spend to get rid of, lol. Love cashiers reaction to them, many have never seen them or at least rarely have.

    Would never spend a Franklin half (I was born after they stopped minting them, so they have always been a novelty to me) and never have.

    Westward journey nickels are nothing special, this close to the Denver mint, lol... saved one of each, and any others I just spend.

    If I ever see any old style dollar bills... say red seal notes or silver certificates, I'd save them. Considered saving an old $20 bill I got once (not that old, but before the giant portrait version, was 1990 series) but ended up just spending it. Have once seen a dollar bill as old as 1963 in circulation, still very crisp... regret not saving it, I just spent it.
     
  7. cwtokenman

    cwtokenman Coin Hoarder

    I have spent them all, unless by "old style dollar bills" you meant the large sized notes. I get boxes of halves to search for silver, so I spend halves everywhere I go. Even if I wasn't searching for silver, the reaction alone to the halves and Sacs would be worth their spending.
     
  8. Andy

    Andy Coin Collector

    Don't see change in hand often but never keep it.
    Have spent everything but a Franklin.
     
  9. smithrow1

    smithrow1 New Member

    I spent them all but the Franklin Half. Also if the Kennedy Half is 90% or 40% I have not spent them.
     
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