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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 225690, member: 5719&quot;]I&#039;ve not been too active on here lately; being away one week a month really caught up to me in the past couple of weeks and those Multiple Competing Priorities just don&#039;t quit sometimes.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it is very late that I report the latest adventure with the Dollar Coin Changers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport.&nbsp; As you might remember, I found using those as being the least expensive way to purchase that bottle of water that I bring on flights.&nbsp; The last couple of times I&#039;ve brought back a set of Washington Dollars (up and down edge lettering in both P and D mints), and some looking right out of the bag Sac Dollars for Thalia Elizabeth.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, on my last attempt for a while (my next trip isn&#039;t till June), I slipped in a $5 to a change machine and out came:</p><p><br /></p><p>- A Canada Dollar (&quot;Loonie&quot;).&nbsp; What?&nbsp; Hey, I can&#039;t use these in the vending machines!&nbsp; Loss of the exchange rate between the US and Canada dollar on that one.</p><p><br /></p><p>- A beat up 2000-P Sac.&nbsp; That went into the vending machine for the water bottle.</p><p><br /></p><p>- Another beat up 2000-P Sac.&nbsp; Also into the vending machine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Which then failed to work, but when I pushed the &quot;return money&quot; button, did I get my dollar coins back?&nbsp; Nope-- believe it or not, it spit out two dollar <b>bills</b> from the the &quot;insert bills&quot; slot?&nbsp; A reverse coin-changer? </p><p><br /></p><p>But here&#039;s the good part: </p><p>- A nice looking <b>2002-P </b>Sac dollar.&nbsp; It has minimal bag marks. I kept this one.&nbsp; I&#039;ve gotten them at least one other time out of a vending machine, but it&#039;s quite unusual.</p><p><br /></p><p>- A very nice looking <b><i>2004-D</i></b> Sac dollar.&nbsp; Hey, weren&#039;t these supposed to be only available in mint sets?&nbsp;&nbsp; This one looks like it came out of one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But, unlike Follies Part 3, I didn&#039;t get any Presidential Dollars at all.&nbsp; It really is the luck of the draw.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So if you find yourself in the MSP Airport with nothing to do and some money to change, it&#039;s worth trying out the change machine.&nbsp; Worst case is you get some beat up Sacs to spend somewhere (on a previous trip, the help at a fast food stand looked very puzzled when I handed over three Sacs).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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