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Just wondering how many of us have taken common dates of obsolete designs and purposefully spent them in order to try to put them back into circulation. I've heard of people doing it with Buffalo nickels, but not other designs. Seems to me whomever is on the other side of the counter might not understand that these coins are still legal tender. Any experiences to relate? |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I haven't intentionally paid for anything with old bills or coins. It would be interesting to try, but I don't use cash, especially coins, to pay for anything very often. Maybe I could get a bunch of dateless Buffs and use those to pay for everything for a bit. Or maybe I could flood circulation with 1964 Jeffersons.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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02/24/2018 01:09 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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In the UK this is pretty much impossible, as obsolete coins for the current denominations have all been demonetised. Crown-size commemoratives issued up to 1981 are still officially legal tender (for 25p), as are silver Maundy 1p, 2p, 3p and 4p coins from 1816 onwards and all gold coins dated after 1837, but I've never tried spending any! I accumulate quite a lot of low-value foreign coins, sometimes given to me by friends who have been abroad, or found them lying around at home, and sometimes when I buy a mixed lot from a 'Boot Fair' or flea market. I once got a dateless Buffalo nickel in one of these lots, and I used it in a vending machine on my next visit to the States. That was before I joined the Forum and learned that there was a way to restore the dates on these coins!  Edited by NumisRob
02/24/2018 02:49 am
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Quote:I once got a dateless Buffalo nickel in one of these lots, and I used it in a vending machine on my next visit to the States. That was before I joined the Forum and learned that there was a way to restore the dates on these coins! Don't fret. "Restoring" the date is damage, so it really doesn't matter. I think it's cool that the vending machine took a Buff (as it should). I've never tried it. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Bedrock of the Community
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Doesn't work well around me. To many people watch for old coins all the time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Give us back our Jefferson nickel and Washington quarter! All my old clad quarters go back into circulation. They dilute out the state-of-the-month wannabees that replaced the eagle. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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02/24/2018 12:54 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I have many, many rolls of cull Indian cents and try to spend them whenever I can. |
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Or maybe I could flood circulation with 1964 Jeffersons. I'm a fan of the 1975-1985 Jeffersons.  |
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I do not think I could do it.  |
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I might do it if I thought anyone would even notice. I have a good time passing the $2 bills, though, and it doesn't cost me any premiums.
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My only concern would be that the clerk accepting the money would not understand. I once tried to spend a Presidential dollar and the girl thought it was some sort of special store token. |
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Quote:I once tried to spend a Presidential dollar and the girl thought it was some sort of special store token. I have had a similar experience. I tried to spend a Sacagawea dollar, and the clerk didn't know what it was. I had to explain for a while that it was a dollar coin. |
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My only concern would be that the clerk accepting the money would not understand. I've had that problem, couldn't convince the cashier a V nickel was in U. S. coin. |
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Posted 02/24/2018 01:06 am
