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More like AGAIN. This particular item goes back almost a year (2012), but there's a long history of these 'cases', some true some not - "Man pays tax bill in pennies".
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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 funny but it happens quite often it seems.. "Pays unfair parking ticket with pennies", "man pays wife's alamony with change"... Heck... I've done it to a friend as a joke... I owed him $50 to be paid back on payday and he asked for it early so he got pennies... Loose... Not rolled  that's nothing compared to 1 billion in nickels though... Actually, about the parking ticket one... I believe the people at the office made a huge stink about it, saying they wouldn't accept it or something and he fought it saying legal "for all debts", don't remember what ended up happening... |
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I distinctly remembered this being posted on CCF way back then. Just searched, and apparently I remembered correctly https://goccf.com/t/128836 |
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Just searched, and apparently I remembered correctly Good catch. You beat me to it.  |
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Haha very entertaining |
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i wish I could get $1 billion judgement in nickels. I could spend the rest of my life roll hunting
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11/22/2013 3:58 pm
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Actually, legal tender has changed in definition over the years. Used to be that legal tender meant you MUST accept it. Now it means that it is legal to offer it (tender) for a debt. But businesses are largely free to have additional restrictions, which as long as they are properly disclosed are ok.
You go to the grocery store with your purchases and there's a prominent sign, "No Bills Over $50". You can't force them to accept a $100. On two grounds (one is that you haven't actually contracted until they accept your offer of payment).
Now if there is no sign and they decide after you have INCURED the debt not to accept it, different story.
So a SMART store's sign would read "No bills over $50, no more than $2 in coins per purchase".
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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This thread makes me feel old.
About 20 years ago, I was on my way home and my car was nearly out of gas. The only money I had with me was my tollway change and my emergency $100 bill.
I pulled into the first gas station I saw and went inside to ask if they could make change for a hundred.
I am old,
I am old,
Said the bread
to the mold.
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You go to the grocery store with your purchases.... Grocery stores are the best place to break a $100 note. I've even spent a couple of new $100's in self-checkouts, and they worked Gas stations, you're usually okay if you buy $60+ in fuel  |
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