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"Legal Tender"
Hi Folks,
I recently got a bunch of Kennedy halves from my bank, picking through them to put together a circulated set of Kennedys. Rather than taking them back to the bank when I was finished looking through them, I decided to spend them here and there around the community. (My thinking was "When was the last time you received a half dollar in change?") For me, it's probably been 20 years or more. Consequently, I've now spent about $200 worth of them. It's been fun seeing the reaction of people when I pay for something with a fist full of them. I paid for a $28 Money Order at the post office last week with halves. But imagine my surprise when I tried to buy a roll of stamps with halves a few days later, and the clerk told me that she would not take them. I thought she was joking at first. But she wasn't. She said they didn't know what to do with them and that they would have to take them to the bank. I told her "Well, here's a novel idea. Why not give them out in change to your customers?" But she was adamant, and another clerk stepped over there to defend her position of refusing to take them. The second clerk added "If we took them (pointing to the plastic bag that I had the halves in) we wouldn't have any place to keep change for our customers." I countered that I had never heard of anything so ridiculous, but then abandoned my efforts to pay with the halves, paid with a credit card, and left the premises. This got me to thinking, so I looked up some info in Google. From the Coinage Act of 1965, I gleaned --"All coins and currencies of the United States, regardless of when coined or issued, shall be legal tender for all debts, public and private, public charges, taxes, duties and dues." Oh well, enough said. I was just very surprised at the refusal of the P.O. to take them. Shucks, had I been the clerk, I think I would have enjoyed giving them out to my customers. (I suspect she could have done so in only a few hours.) By the way, my numismatic friend, when was the last time YOU were given a half in change? -=LDL |
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I got a half dollar in change it was 1973. I still have not received a
sack dollar in change yet they are never going to be popular. |
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On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 10:43:08 GMT, "Larry Louks"
wrote: Hi Folks, I recently got a bunch of Kennedy halves from my bank, picking through them to put together a circulated set of Kennedys. I did ithe same thing with the $500 I got from the Credit Union a couple of months ago. Rather than taking them back to the bank when I was finished looking through them, I decided to spend them here and there around the community. (My thinking was "When was the last time you received a half dollar in change?") For me, it's probably been 20 years or more. Consequently, I've now spent about $200 worth of them. It's been fun seeing the reaction of people when I pay for something with a fist full of them. I paid for a $28 Money Order at the post office last week with halves. But imagine my surprise when I tried to buy a roll of stamps with halves a few days later, and the clerk told me that she would not take them. I thought she was joking at first. But she wasn't. She said they didn't know what to do with them and that they would have to take them to the bank. Gosh, how inconsiderate of you! That would mean they would have to prepare a deposit for the bank. Wait, they would have to do that anyway. Then I guess someone would have to take the money to the bank. Wait, they would have to do that anyway too. Then it must be that adding decimals must be the problem. Wait, they would have to do that with .01, .05, .10 and .25 already. I give up. I told her "Well, here's a novel idea. Why not give them out in change to your customers?" She would have probably used the infamous defense of "People don't want them so we don't give them out. Not that we ever had any to give out in the first place and never mind the fact that, having not given one out, no one ever got the opportunity to refuse one." But she was adamant, and another clerk stepped over there to defend her position of refusing to take them. "They're big. And silver colored. We fear them." The second clerk added "If we took them (pointing to the plastic bag that I had the halves in) we wouldn't have any place to keep change for our customers." I countered that I had never heard of anything so ridiculous, but then abandoned my efforts to pay with the halves, paid with a credit card, and left the premises. Maybe the bank manager who refused to take the Ikes a little while ago has a new occupation! Oh well, enough said. I was just very surprised at the refusal of the P.O. to take them. Shucks, had I been the clerk, I think I would have enjoyed giving them out to my customers. (I suspect she could have done so in only a few hours.) By the way, my numismatic friend, when was the last time YOU were given a half in change? I spend both halves (I still have $30 rolled right in front of me as I type) and golden dollars (only 8 of those left not counting the 10 i keep in my pocket) whenever I get the opportunity. Now, I don't spend $28 in halves at one time, but I do use them to minimize the other change I would otherwise get or to make sure I don't get back any rag bucks. However, I have never received a half dollar or golden/SBA dollar coin in change without expressly asking for it. Steve Buy the book before the coin don't forget to *READ* the book after you've bought it! It doesn't do anything just sitting on the shelf (remove ATTITUDE to replay via e-mail) |
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Steve Ruud wrote:
I spend both halves ... and golden dollars ... whenever I get the opportunity. Right on, Steve! This half-dollar experience is the first time I've gone on a "serious spending spree" with halves, but I've been getting Sac dollars from the bank ever since they were introduced, and spending them around here and there. I don't recall ever having been given a Sac or Suzie-B dollar in change. (Though I was recently given a $2 bill in change when I broke a $20 somewhere, and that was a first.) -=LDL |
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Darren wrote but I remember it was some 1776/1976 commerative. I also
recall - this may have been a dream snip Darren, you were not dreaming there was a half dollar minted as you described so they actually existed. I have an extra half dollar 1776/1976 commem with beautiful luster. If you want it e-mail me your addy and I'll send it to you. You have to promise me you won't spend it on a bag of California herb : ) Ed |
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Larry Louks wrote:
By the way, my numismatic friend, when was the last time YOU were given a half in change? Surprisingly, it was about two weeks ago at the Renaissance Forest Faire. They were selling fruit ices for $3.50, and using exclusively half dollars for change. Novel concept. (The faire itself was a colossal waste of time, but I had free tickets...) -- Bob |
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Idiotic rule made up by your local USPS people. I have seen the same thing at one and
only one of the many PO's I use. The employees there are particularly old compared to the young and middle aged employees at other offices. I simply called 1-800-ASK-USPS and reported this behavior. They were NOT amuzed and promised to correct the attitude of the employees. Now I just get a 'look' but no serious resistance from them, but I still avoid that office since the lines are the longest I've ever encountered. I used Golden Dollars - not halves. -- -Fred Shecter Auctions: http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...shreadv ector To reply by e-mail, remove zorch two places. "Larry Louks" wrote in message news:0f4Za.104168$YN5.72091@sccrnsc01... Hi Folks, I recently got a bunch of Kennedy halves from my bank, picking through them to put together a circulated set of Kennedys. Rather than taking them back to the bank when I was finished looking through them, I decided to spend them here and there around the community. (My thinking was "When was the last time you received a half dollar in change?") For me, it's probably been 20 years or more. Consequently, I've now spent about $200 worth of them. It's been fun seeing the reaction of people when I pay for something with a fist full of them. I paid for a $28 Money Order at the post office last week with halves. But imagine my surprise when I tried to buy a roll of stamps with halves a few days later, and the clerk told me that she would not take them. I thought she was joking at first. But she wasn't. She said they didn't know what to do with them and that they would have to take them to the bank. I told her "Well, here's a novel idea. Why not give them out in change to your customers?" But she was adamant, and another clerk stepped over there to defend her position of refusing to take them. The second clerk added "If we took them (pointing to the plastic bag that I had the halves in) we wouldn't have any place to keep change for our customers." I countered that I had never heard of anything so ridiculous, but then abandoned my efforts to pay with the halves, paid with a credit card, and left the premises. This got me to thinking, so I looked up some info in Google. From the Coinage Act of 1965, I gleaned --"All coins and currencies of the United States, regardless of when coined or issued, shall be legal tender for all debts, public and private, public charges, taxes, duties and dues." Oh well, enough said. I was just very surprised at the refusal of the P.O. to take them. Shucks, had I been the clerk, I think I would have enjoyed giving them out to my customers. (I suspect she could have done so in only a few hours.) By the way, my numismatic friend, when was the last time YOU were given a half in change? -=LDL |
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"Larry Louks" wrote in message news:0f4Za.104168$YN5.72091@sccrnsc01... Hi Folks, I recently got a bunch of Kennedy halves from my bank, picking through them to put together a circulated set of Kennedys. Rather than taking them back to the bank when I was finished looking through them, I decided to spend them here and there around the community. (My thinking was "When was the last time you received a half dollar in change?") For me, it's probably been 20 years or more. Consequently, I've now spent about $200 worth of them. It's been fun seeing the reaction of people when I pay for something with a fist full of them. I paid for a $28 Money Order at the post office last week with halves. But imagine my surprise when I tried to buy a roll of stamps with halves a few days later, and the clerk told me that she would not take them. I thought she was joking at first. But she wasn't. She said they didn't know what to do with them and that they would have to take them to the bank. I told her "Well, here's a novel idea. Why not give them out in change to your customers?" But she was adamant, and another clerk stepped over there to defend her position of refusing to take them. The second clerk added "If we took them (pointing to the plastic bag that I had the halves in) we wouldn't have any place to keep change for our customers." I countered that I had never heard of anything so ridiculous, but then abandoned my efforts to pay with the halves, paid with a credit card, and left the premises. This got me to thinking, so I looked up some info in Google. From the Coinage Act of 1965, I gleaned --"All coins and currencies of the United States, regardless of when coined or issued, shall be legal tender for all debts, public and private, public charges, taxes, duties and dues." Oh well, enough said. I was just very surprised at the refusal of the P.O. to take them. Shucks, had I been the clerk, I think I would have enjoyed giving them out to my customers. (I suspect she could have done so in only a few hours.) By the way, my numismatic friend, when was the last time YOU were given a half in change? -=LDL I don't think I have ever been given a half in change, at least in the last 25 years. OTOH, about 200 halfs a week are given as change from my registers. They are spent back in my store and are spent around town ( I see them in the tills). Other clerks do not hand them out, though, as change. BTW, today I pulled out two 64 Kennedys before putting the halfs into the till. Bill |
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