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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Info Sponge, post: 706807, member: 20538&quot;]<b>Brainstorm about coins for special tips</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I like the idea of dropping something unusual and fun in the tip jar at the coffee shop, but I&#039;m not sure what would work.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Fun&quot;, for someone making that kind of money, probably means &quot;readily convertible into normal cash&quot;, so exotics wouldn&#039;t be good. (Though maybe something really beautiful in addition to a regular tip would work).</p><p><br /></p><p>At the same time, it should be recognizable as something different. Pre-1965 silver would just get mistaken for normal change.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver Eagles would be liquid and recognizable, but even as an occasional treat I don&#039;t want to spend *that* much on a tip for my latte. Maybe for a restaurant meal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fractional silver seems to be hard to find.</p><p><br /></p><p>The best I&#039;ve come up with is Franklin half dollars, but better ideas are more than welcome! And of course it&#039;s possible that the whole notion is a bad idea from the start.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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