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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 3255274, member: 84179&quot;]Off the top of my head, I recall a story where a deaf mute would buy an item that cost less than 5 cents and would pay for it using a gold plated 1883 No Cents Nickel.&nbsp; He would accept the change regardless of whether it was tendered for 5 cents or $5.&nbsp; Since he couldn’t speak, he couldn’t be prosecuted because he didn’t say it was a $5 coin.&nbsp; The story may have been based on an actual event, but generally over time it has been accepted into numismatic lore, so it’s hard to prove either way.</p><p><br /></p><p>An internet search should easily reveal more info on this story (if I remembered it correctly) as well as&nbsp; others[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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