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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3598466, member: 76194"]Cashiers don't usually know what they have. As I don't collect modern coins, I've received buffalo nickels, wheat pennies, etc. in pocket change several times during the years, and promptly put it back into circulation. None of the cashiers were ever any the wiser.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I have had happen is cashiers refusing to accept $2 bills, $1 coins, and even .50 cent pieces because they were "fake money." Not surprised at the ignorance, as I live in South Florida and most cashiers are foreign born and usually recent arrivals. I had to have them call their managers and that usually cleared up the problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>The worst I ever experienced was when I paid a fast food cashier with several $1 coins that I had received as change from a parking lot machine. She told me I didn't have enough money, and I tried to tell her they were $1 coins. She got argumentative and said she would call the police. I parked my car, went inside, and asked to see the manager, who then had to explain to her they were $1 coins, and not .50 cent coins, which is what she thought they were.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3598466, member: 76194"]Cashiers don't usually know what they have. As I don't collect modern coins, I've received buffalo nickels, wheat pennies, etc. in pocket change several times during the years, and promptly put it back into circulation. None of the cashiers were ever any the wiser. What I have had happen is cashiers refusing to accept $2 bills, $1 coins, and even .50 cent pieces because they were "fake money." Not surprised at the ignorance, as I live in South Florida and most cashiers are foreign born and usually recent arrivals. I had to have them call their managers and that usually cleared up the problem. The worst I ever experienced was when I paid a fast food cashier with several $1 coins that I had received as change from a parking lot machine. She told me I didn't have enough money, and I tried to tell her they were $1 coins. She got argumentative and said she would call the police. I parked my car, went inside, and asked to see the manager, who then had to explain to her they were $1 coins, and not .50 cent coins, which is what she thought they were.[/QUOTE]
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