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» What’s wrong with pennies?

Posted by TheChrisD on Thursday the 31st of July, 2008 at 3:54:22pm UTC

I know we all hate those really small bits of loose change – all those 1c, 2c, and possibly even 5c coins that end up just lying around the place and really aren’t all that useful. Well, they’re still legal tender, so whoever said you can’t use your small change to pay for things?

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Obviously most of those New York merchants didn’t understand that it’s still legal tender, so technically they are supposed to take it in exchange for their goods/services!

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6 comments

  1. David says:

    Used to work in a shop and hated it when people did that – until I became a manager and kept forgetting to order change, then I’d pray for everyone to keep using their small bits!

  2. TheChrisD says:

    @David: You probably would have considered this guy a miracle then :D

  3. Irish law: All notes and coin are legal tender unless the retailer prominently displays a sign to the effect they do not accept certain denominations. e.g. “We do not accept 1 cent or 2 cent coins or notes greater than €50″ is perfectly legal.

    Hey! Why doesn’t the ‘underline’ tag work?

  4. TheChrisD says:

    @Primal Sneeze: Is that what you were trying to do? There was an errant <i> tag in there so I’m not sure as to what you wanted to underline…

    Yea, I’m pretty sure none of those New York business owners had signs like that up! Although come to think of it I don’t see many “No €100 or above” signs posted around… Maybe they expect people to never use them?

  5. They’re also meant to accept postage stamps.

    I just brought 53 euro of copper coins into the bank to exchange them for real money.

  6. TheChrisD says:

    @B’dum B’dum B’dum: Well at least the bank is one place that’s always happy to accept them.

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