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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I once tried the usage of those baby sized dollars. Left some as a tip in a restaurant. As I was walking a way from the table, the waitress said, sort of loudly, sir you left some of your kids play money on the table. My wife 2-3 days ago topped off her tank. Put 30 ikes on the counter. The clerk looked,stacked, sorted, puzzled over them. Thought they were $5.00 coins. Wife (grinning) informed him they were dollars |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Go with the cash tip and give the coin as an "extra". One servers are taxed based on an hourly rate much higher than what they actually receive. If they just get the coin they are taxed on money they didn't receive. Two, at some places in order to make it "fairer" the servers have to pool their tips (and in some cases share them with the bus boys and even the kitchen staff). So if you just give the coin they either have to put in the appropriate tip amount from their own pocket, or nothing and all the servers get shorted.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I carry $2 bills and often leave them as part of a tip. Servers are usually pleased and comment how cool it is to get a $2 bill.
I have also occasionally left worn Buffs in change when it is part of a tip, at a bar for instance. I don't make a big deal of it, if the server see it great, it's a nice surprise, otherwise some else will eventually see it. I like putting those bad boys into circulation.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
757 Posts |
Its a cool idea, but I can almost guarantee that the coin would end up in the cash drawer exchanged for it's face value. I work at a restaurant and get all sorts of goodies from the wait staff. In general wait staff only care about cash in their pocket at the end of the night not about a collectible coin. I've pulled everything from silver certificates to silver eagles out of the drawer in the morning.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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This is a tough call. Most places we leave a tip is at a restaurant, dinner or etc. Most servers are part time and young (of course you have a number of variables single moms, college students or semi-retired or retired etc.) Leaving a regular tip is the norm and adds to their pay. A bonus BUT a built in way to make money at the job. Leaving a 2x2 with a $2.00 value would be an honest approach but most, not all, would be clueless. These people  need the money, not a coin to save. As for adding CCF's web address. Nice idea. Again the market is where Bobby and Susanlynn have been promoting..... at Coin Shows. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1391 Posts |
I certainly wouldn't want someone leaving a Pokemon card or a Magic the Gathering card at my table for a tip. I don't care how much someone likes collecting those types of game cards, I don't want anything to do with it. Even if they are worth 5 bucks or more it is easier to toss them out and not worry about it.
Ask me how I know that.
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02/13/2014 4:19 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Ask me how I know that.
allranger OK, I'll bite. How do you know that? |
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Would probably work best in the CCF's favor at coin shows.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would throw in the "valuable" coin along WITH the appropriate tip. There was a younger teller at one of my dump banks a year or so ago who asked me about coins one time while I was dumping halves. I give him a quick history about silver coins and told him about the Red Book if he was interested in collecting. Whenever I stopped at that branch again I tried to bring with me a roll find like a Wheat cent or Buffalo nickel or V nickel or Indian Head cent to pass along in the advancement of the hobby to give to him as well as the history of that specific design / coin. He must have transferred to a different branch or found a different career as he only worked there for 4 months or so. Hopefully I made a positive influence on him and maybe made him a future collector. All of the older tellers seem to know what they are looking for as I have spied steel pennies and a few nickels that they have sitting in the half and dollar spots in their trays. If I see them I make mention of them and of course they say they are keeping them but I try to pass a little knowledge along about their finds when I can. |
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United States
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Would probably work best in the CCF's favor at coin shows. I spent all of my roller damaged NIFC halves at the last coins how I went to. I wonder how many dealers paid attention afterwards (not that a roller damaged NIFC half is worth anything) |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I often leave nickel composition 50 cent pieces and nickel dollars to make up a tip. They cost me only face value and the server can spend them, yet it may spark an interest.
The server gets the same tip as if it were in bills so nobody is at a loss with this method.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 It's got to your regular tip plus whatever else -- like a dateless buffalo. If you're a regular customer and you find that the server is interested in that dateless buffalo ... then maybe you could give away some nicer coins in flips -- but still, I would do that in addition to the regular tip. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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A dateless buffalo might be a tad confusing to a someone outside of coin collecting if they look for the date.
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