Random memory

[pne]

I remember occasionally getting DM 10 coins when they were issued occasionally, then using them to pay for stuff. I wondered how many people would refuse them since they're not that common (and most people save them rather than spending them).

I don't think anyone ever refused them, but at one place they were visibly unsure about where to place the coin in the cash register, and in another, the person said, "Don't you have anything else? Those coins are too special to just spend them on stuff".

Comments

[allegrox.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever seen more than three in one place. I think most of us here in Indiana (yay, corn!) horde the few we find. Not me... I just haven't spent my one because I'm not sure anybody will take it...

[sparkofcreation.livejournal.com]

Geez, is there anywhere in the US that *doesn't* grow corn? It's one of our major exports (though not as big as tomatoes and eggplant—we grow 1/3 of the world's supply). *g* Anyway.

I have one squirreled away somewhere, but mostly I use them in vending machines or on the bus—the bus is $1.10, and it does take bills but it's a lot easier to drop two coins into the slot instead. (Though now I have a monthly bus pass so I use that.) I love dollar coins, they're so much more convenient than bills, even though they're quite heavy. I've never found anywhere that won't take them.