Coins lost as no value.

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by saltysam-1, Jul 13, 2016.

  1. John77

    John77 Well-Known Member

    I had $46 worth of halves, nickels, and cents... and the teller there at my old bank that I dealt with knew ahead of time I don't do that... I was expecting her to start putting the coins in her drawer, and instead she started throwing them in a bag... so I went ahead and let her do this, and after she was done, I asked her (pretending I didn't know) what she was doing... She told me she was shipping them off to be counted and they would be "deposited in your account in 7-10 days")... Then I said "you know I don't do that"... and then had her take the rolls out and slide them back to me... I took them across the street to my new bank, where they were more than happy to cash them.

    Most of the banks around me, for whatever reason, do not have change counters. Actually, I haven't found one that does yet.
     
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  3. eric6794

    eric6794 Well-Known Member

    The only time I've had a problem with using a dollar coin was at a convenience store in Georgia I gave the clerk a SBA and he wouldn't take it cause he never seen one before he said he just came over from India to help his dad with the store and hadn't been in the states long so I figured that's why he'd never seen one.
     
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  4. Markus1959

    Markus1959 Well-Known Member

    Everybody and their brothers and sisters have
    I phones - anybody ever think of looking it up real fast to show these uninformed people?
     
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  5. Ericred

    Ericred Active Member

    Good for you
     
  6. Ericred

    Ericred Active Member

    It's only going to get worse, sadly
     
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  8. Ericred

    Ericred Active Member

    Your right, some changes are one the way
     
  9. John77

    John77 Well-Known Member

    Well, I've been without a cellphone for more than a week (and have gotten by just fine), and my friend who cuts my hair has never had one (even though she has a kid)...
     
  10. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    So what does having a kid have to with it?
     
  11. CoinZone

    CoinZone Active Member

    My local large national grocery store chain cashier never saw half dollars before. She asked if they were dollars, I said no, they are halves. She stared at me for 30 seconds, then just dropped the 5.00 bucks worth in the drawer. I don't think she believed they were actually real money.
    Now I just use my halves from CRH at Wal Mart self checkouts. Whomever empties those machines must hate me. Oh well, get in line. It's only about 100 bucks a week.
     
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  12. John77

    John77 Well-Known Member

    Not a bad idea...
     
  13. calcol

    calcol Supporter! Supporter

    A lot of people oppose withdrawing the cent. How many would care about the half?

    Cal
     
  14. joecoincollect

    joecoincollect Well-Known Member

    To the OP, are we talking about Ike dollars or the sacs/presidential ones? Ikes i could understand, but the other ones I'd assume most are aware of. At my work, dollar coins are dispensed in all the vending machines when you use 5 dollars.
     
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  15. John77

    John77 Well-Known Member

    I'd go crazy if that happened.
     
  16. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    Once I bought an ice cream at Rite Aid with a 2 dollar bill and a JFK. The clerk took the 2 no problem but looked at the half and was like "...is this a quarter?"

    I had a garage sale the other week and, strangely enough, the no-Ingles Mexican folks took my half dollars in change without a second glance. You'd figure that some teller who's lived in the US his whole life would know more about the fact that a half dollar exists than a recent immigrant, but not so...
     
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  17. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    The Metro rail fare machine in Los Angeles gives change SOLELY in dollar coins. You put in a 20 for a 1.75 fare, it spits out 18 dollar coins. It's pretty cool actually. That's where I get many of my NIFC presidential dollars!
     
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  18. chrisild

    chrisild Coin Collector

    See Doug's reply (#13). Of course it would be easier if such a "picky" store had a sign saying what they accept and what they don't accept. But it does not have to ...

    Christian
     
  19. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    A business can require or refuse payment in any form they wish. They get to set and change the rule as they wish.
     
  20. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    Why, it may not be that much of a problem for her. Have you seen the educational system lately? They tend to let everyone use calculators now even in the elementary grades. You may be able to teach without knowing math.
     
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  21. medoraman

    medoraman Supporter! Supporter

    Sadly true.

    No offense to any educators here, (and I know I could never do their job, heck I hate dealing with MBA students in class), but the college of education at major universities have the lowest test scores on average. So basically the majority of teachers are literally the lowest testing graduates from any university. Kind of explains, (along with horrible parenting), our atrocious education results nowadays.
     
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