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<p>[QUOTE="foundinrolls, post: 84021, member: 4350"]Hi,</p><p>When the SACs first came out, I was spending them by the roll. I went to a nice restaurant and when it was time to pay, I took out the rolls and took out the number of coins I needed. They wouldn't take them . They told me that they "don't take Mexican money". I had to point out that they were new coins and that they were U.S. money. I even used to carry a local newspaper's article around about the release of the coins just to prove it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Even after the explanation, they wouldn't accept the coins. I told them they were legal United States Coins, I showed the manager where it said so on the coin. They still refused to take them! Fortunately, a friend I was with was a police officer and I asked him to explain the finer points of the Sacagawea dollar to our host <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>No problemo!!</p><p>Have Fun,</p><p>Bill[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="foundinrolls, post: 84021, member: 4350"]Hi, When the SACs first came out, I was spending them by the roll. I went to a nice restaurant and when it was time to pay, I took out the rolls and took out the number of coins I needed. They wouldn't take them . They told me that they "don't take Mexican money". I had to point out that they were new coins and that they were U.S. money. I even used to carry a local newspaper's article around about the release of the coins just to prove it :-) Even after the explanation, they wouldn't accept the coins. I told them they were legal United States Coins, I showed the manager where it said so on the coin. They still refused to take them! Fortunately, a friend I was with was a police officer and I asked him to explain the finer points of the Sacagawea dollar to our host :-) No problemo!! Have Fun, Bill[/QUOTE]
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