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<p>[QUOTE="jex, post: 361371, member: 11480"]So I ran out of firewood and called a guy out of the local news classified. He dosnt show up untill Sunday by which time I'm out of cash. I figure, no big deal, I'll give him a few rolls of the presidential dollars (which I can easily replace at my local Bank of America) and he might even get a kick out of it. He dumps the cord in my yard, I hand him 6 rolls of Monroe coins and say 'these might be neat if anyone in your family collects coins'. He gets all red faced and (almost yelling) says 'I wish you would have told me this before I dropped the wood'! I calmly begin to explain that these are each $1 legal tender coins from the US mint and that he can spend them anywhere. But I'm not going to Chuck E Cheese anytime soon he retorts.</p><p>Flabberghasted I have him follow me to a 7-11 where I hit the ATM and pay him off in bills.</p><p> </p><p>Never mind appreciation, I cant even spend these suckers for face value<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jex, post: 361371, member: 11480"]So I ran out of firewood and called a guy out of the local news classified. He dosnt show up untill Sunday by which time I'm out of cash. I figure, no big deal, I'll give him a few rolls of the presidential dollars (which I can easily replace at my local Bank of America) and he might even get a kick out of it. He dumps the cord in my yard, I hand him 6 rolls of Monroe coins and say 'these might be neat if anyone in your family collects coins'. He gets all red faced and (almost yelling) says 'I wish you would have told me this before I dropped the wood'! I calmly begin to explain that these are each $1 legal tender coins from the US mint and that he can spend them anywhere. But I'm not going to Chuck E Cheese anytime soon he retorts. Flabberghasted I have him follow me to a 7-11 where I hit the ATM and pay him off in bills. Never mind appreciation, I cant even spend these suckers for face value:eek:[/QUOTE]
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