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Message:: [QUOTE="Doug21, post: 1235304, member: 5650"]I used to tip with actual morgan dollars at restaurants back when they were worth about $8. Some waitresses didn't like it, so I'd offer a traditional cash  tip if they didn't seem to like it. I recall one instance where the waitress had an 8 year old son that collected coins....I made that kid's day  with an 1885 or something Morgan dollar ! My wife is addicted to Dunkin Donuts coffee, the employees all know her and often give her a free coffee on the house. I tell her to occasionally tip people that do things like that.....to reinforce this positive behaviour that is actually borderline employee theft. So I give her a couple of Ike's to tip with. It went over well from what I heard. The clerk apparently thought this was worth about what a double eagle would be worth and had never seen one before. I guess he/ she said they'd never spend it. I know it is worth maybe $1.50 on ebay. $2 bills work great also. Maybe get 10 free cups of coffee ( about $2 per) for tossing some  HS kid clerk at DD an Ike. I don't even drink coffee except maybe at Honda waiting for an oil change and the k-cup machine is there. It's not my problem if clerks give coffee to my wife. She's chatty so a cup of coffee can lead to a 25 minute conversation with said clerks, thus I never go there with her or make sure I have plenty of reading material if I do....[/QUOTE]