On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:52:18 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels"
wrote:

p.s. By random luck, I got a ¥100 paper note in a store a while back:
a customer was trying to use it, and the store wouldn't take it
(though they're technically still legal tender), so I bought off her
for a ¥100 coin... :]

I did that with a $2 bill once in eastern Ohio at a gas station
convenience store.

When I was in college (1953) I got a strange dollar bill in change
once. It looked alright on one side but the other one looked like
Monopoly money. I took it to the school's cashier who gladly
exchanged it for a "regular" dollar bill. Many years later I realized
that it was a WW-II special series issued to Hawaiian residents and
service personnel which had some collector value.

I personally do not deal in cash - paper or metal - any more to any
great extent. Except for my monthly haircut (barber is not set up for
anything but cash) and the tips and gratuities that I give to AMTRAK
sleeping and dining car attendants, everything else is via plastic or
prepaid paper tickets purchased with plastic.
--

Phil Kane - Beaverton, OR
PNW Beburg MP 28.0 - OE District