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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gatzdon, post: 284177, member: 8247&quot;]Unbelievable, the Peoria newspaper posted a followup on this story&nbsp; (original story here <a href="http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=29165" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=29165" rel="nofollow">http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=29165</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pjstar.com/stories/100307/POL_BEHHFM61.033.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pjstar.com/stories/100307/POL_BEHHFM61.033.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.pjstar.com/stories/100307/POL_BEHHFM61.033.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pjstar.com/stories/100507/POL_BEI46G21.033.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pjstar.com/stories/100507/POL_BEI46G21.033.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.pjstar.com/stories/100507/POL_BEI46G21.033.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A couple things that make you jump out of your seat</p><p><br /></p><p>1. &quot;The teen&#039;s mother has reimbursed the store&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>2. &quot;It is believed the coins in the proof set are not actually legal tender.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>3. &quot;Police said the teenager didn&#039;t know the coins could not be spent.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This may actually motivate me to print out both articles and mail them to the US Mint asking them to followup with phone calls and letters to </p><p><br /></p><p>1. The Macomb Police&nbsp; (to tell them they are idiots and request that they formally apologize to the teenager)</p><p>2. The McDonalds (to send them all the marketing materials for the new dollar coins, remind them that they all are legal tender, and encourage them to return the second $4 to the teenager)</p><p>3. The Bank (also to send them all the marketing materials for the new dollar coins, remind them that they all are legal tender, and refer them to the US Mints product release schedule website)</p><p>4. Especially the Teenager (to let him know that ALL US Mint issued coins are indeed legal tender and possibly even send him a replacement proof set and ecourage him to collect them, not spend them).</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know of any e-mail addresses at the US mint that can be used to submit such a request, or does it have to go via snail mail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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