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<p>[QUOTE="CoinJockey73, post: 7300225, member: 118293"]I'm very new here, and I'm thinking that ppl are reacting with incredulity because of how much stuff i find. </p><p>Little background. I live in a melting pot neighborhood in the north east. As a caucasian male, my age, i am the minority. Mostly Latin ppl , black ppl, and couple of white ppl sprinkled in, lol. I luv my town, and i luv my town's people, but I'm thinking they don't know about old silver being in circulation. </p><p>I decided to experiment this morning. I bought 6 cups of coffee in 6 different bodegas (i didn't drink them all, but they were the cheapest thing i could think of) and paid in change. I let the change drop on the counter though, not hand it to them, so it could be heard. I had this Barber quarter mixed in with the change,</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1276850[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1276851[/ATTACH] </p><p>and not a single register attendant accepted it. They all said it was fake, lol. I apologized, oops! so sorry! and repocketed it. </p><p>I'm thinking when people who don't know, find something silver, it looks fake and sounds fake, so i better get rid if it as fast as i can, let's see if this vending machine takes it, done. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'll be trying my friends in their black owned businesses tomorrow.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CoinJockey73, post: 7300225, member: 118293"]I'm very new here, and I'm thinking that ppl are reacting with incredulity because of how much stuff i find. Little background. I live in a melting pot neighborhood in the north east. As a caucasian male, my age, i am the minority. Mostly Latin ppl , black ppl, and couple of white ppl sprinkled in, lol. I luv my town, and i luv my town's people, but I'm thinking they don't know about old silver being in circulation. I decided to experiment this morning. I bought 6 cups of coffee in 6 different bodegas (i didn't drink them all, but they were the cheapest thing i could think of) and paid in change. I let the change drop on the counter though, not hand it to them, so it could be heard. I had this Barber quarter mixed in with the change, [ATTACH=full]1276850[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1276851[/ATTACH] and not a single register attendant accepted it. They all said it was fake, lol. I apologized, oops! so sorry! and repocketed it. I'm thinking when people who don't know, find something silver, it looks fake and sounds fake, so i better get rid if it as fast as i can, let's see if this vending machine takes it, done. I'll be trying my friends in their black owned businesses tomorrow.[/QUOTE]
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