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Re: Hey Sebby!
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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
I had the opposite of this repeatedly in St. Louis. I was there several times on a lawsuit. The train into town from the airport gives change in $1 coins. No one anywhere else (at least in Detroit) has any idea what they are, so it is hard to spend them. So I took to trying to get rid of them in the airport before flying home.
This led to me offering to buy the lunch a young man in army fatigues behind me in line at a food kiosk was about to order. You know, in thanks for his service. I had 5 coins I needed to get rid of. I think the guy thought I was coming on to him.
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As it happens, this morning I was at one of the Federal Reserve Banks, speaking to the people there about how they handle cash (in and out). They send a lot of those $1 coins to banks in countries like El Salvador and Ecuador that use the USD as their currency, because the paper dollars there don't last as long.
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