View Single Post
  #2  
Old March 23rd 10, 02:25 AM posted to rec.collecting.coins
Jerry Dennis
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,207
Default Halves still (randomly) getting confused as dollar coins

On Mar 22, 10:10�pm, Duh_OZ wrote:
Happened again today at a thrift store. � Bill was $4.95 so I hand
over 2, $2's and 2 halves. � The halves go under the till and the
cashier hands me $1.05 in change. �I explain those were half dollars
so she lifts the till, looks them over and I hand back the $1. � Then
she takes the halves and puts both on top of the $1 bills. � �So an
alleged $1 coin goes under the till but 2 halves go on top of the $1
bills? �What-ever!


Have a guestimate on her age? Sadly most "kids" under 30 don't have
any idea that half dollars even (or ever) exist. Want to have a real
ball? Pay for something with an Ike, an old silver certificate, or
even a pre-big portrait bill (they're still out there).

Jerry
Ads