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Old December 28th 11, 11:18 AM posted to nyc.transit,uk.transport.london
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On 28/12/2011 03:42, John Levine wrote:
You answered your own post. Dollar coins are not easy to find.
Further, many independent merchants dislike them because they're too
easily confused with quarters. Chain store clerks gotta take them,
but sometimes they think you gave them a quarter.


I realize that chain store clerks are often not too bright, but they
must be totally brain-dead if they can't tell a yellow smooth-edged
dollar from a white notch-edged quarter.

R's,
John



Don't put it past them.