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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;xCoin-Hoarder&#039;92x, post: 2194804, member: 72758&quot;]ok. i will ask everyone i know to hold 2 circ coins in their hand. 2 68 Canadian quarters. 1 nickel, 1 silver. then ask them to tell them apart. a lot of bank tellers can&#039;t tell they have a silver quarter in their tray until i see it and ask them for that specific coin and explain it to them. i go to get a coffee and tip 50 cents with a kennedy and they ask what it is. i go to buy a coffee and pay with a $2 bill and they have to ask their manager if they can accept it. people in the U.S. have a hard time knowing their own currency and what they handle. they didn&#039;t grow up when silver was floating around and to them it&#039;s just a funny, shiny quarter. the original question was about WORLD coins in circ and they have that silvery look to them that some of them can make one wonder if their is ANY silver content in them. just because someone does or has handled a lot of money in their life does not mean they should be able to identify a silver world coin from that of a different composition IMO. [/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p><p>Very true. I know people that have never seen a Kennedy half dollar, we still make these so it&#039;s pretty funny. And there&#039;s lots of people who think $2 bills are rare or there are those people who think they are &quot;funny money&quot;. I read up an article where someone at a McDonald&#039;s drivethru was denied an order for trying to spend $2 bills. Even got the manager and THAT guy has never seen them either.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought cashiers regularly handle circulating money?? $2 bills are in circulation today, same for Kennedy halves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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